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Haurongo: Hector, James

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Rārangi pukapuka

Burnett, R. I. M. 'The life and work of Sir James Hector, with special reference to the Hector Collection'. MA thesis, Otago, 1936

Burton, P. The New Zealand Geological Survey, 1865–1965. [Wellington], 1965

Dell, R. K. 'The first hundred years of the Dominion Museum, 1865–1965'. MS. WMU

Fleming, C. A. Science, settlers and scholars. Wellington, 1987

Kirk, H. B. 'James Hector, 1834–1907'. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 54 (1923): ix–xii

Nathan, S. James Hector: explorer, scientist, leader. Lower Hutt, 2014

Nathan, S., Varnham, M. (eds.) The amazing world of James Hector. Wellington, 2008.

N.Z. Colonial Museum. Letterbooks, 1865–1903. MS. WMU

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

R. K. Dell. 'Hector, James', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127030/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).