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Haurongo: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham

Haurongo tūhonohono

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Lee, John Alfred Alexander

1891–1982

Criminal, swagger, soldier, politician, hotel-keeper, writer, bookseller

Savage, Michael Joseph

1872–1940

Trade unionist, socialist, politician, prime minister

Shelley, James

1884–1961

University professor, educationalist, lecturer, critic, director of broadcasting

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Basham, Maud Ruby

1879–1963

Singer, radio broadcaster and personality, writer

Douglas, Norman Vazey

1910–1985

Trade unionist, bookseller, politician

Eady, Lewis Alfred

1891–1965

Music retailer, company director, benefactor

Garland, Thomas Threader

1877–1964

Businessman, broadcaster, Methodist lay preacher, choirmaster

Ōriwa Tahupōtiki Haddon

Haddon, Ōriwa Tahupōtiki

1898–1958

Ngāti Ruanui; Methodist minister, pharmacist, artist, broadcaster

Hamilton, Adam

1880–1952

Businessman, politician

Hayward, Rudall Charles Victor

1900–1974

Film-maker

Holmes, Cecil William

1921–1994

Film-maker, unionist, communist

Pītama, Te Aritaua

1906–1958

Ngai Tahu leader; teacher, broadcaster, concert party producer

Rawlinson, Gloria Jasmine

1918–1995

Poet, novelist, short-story writer, editor

A head and shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man in a suit and tie

Rosenberg, Wolfgang

1915–2007

Economist, public intellectual

Turbott, Harold Bertram

1899–1988

Doctor, public health administrator, broadcaster, writer

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Allan K. Davidson. 'Scrimgeour, Colin Graham', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128424/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).