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Haurongo: Pearson, William Harrison

Haurongo tūhonohono

Baxter, James Keir

1926–1972

Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, writer, social critic

Brasch, Charles Orwell

1909–1973

Poet, editor, teacher, translator, lecturer

Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro

1911–2001

Journalist, poet, writer, university professor

Glover, Denis James Matthews

1912–1980

Poet, journalist, printer, typographer, publisher, naval officer

McCahon, Colin John

1919–1987

Artist, art gallery worker, university lecturer

Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard

1932–2004

Author, journalist, playwright, film-maker

Sturm, Jacqueline Cecilia

1927–2009

Taranaki, Te Whakatōhea; short-story writer and poet

Biographies that mention Pearson, William Harrison

Joseph, Michael Kennedy

1914–1981

English lecturer, novelist, poet

Paul, David Blackwood

1908–1965

Bookseller, publisher

Scott, Thomas Henry

1928–2014

Literary editor, librarian

Scott, Thomas Henry

1918–1960

Pacifist, psychology researcher and lecturer, essayist, mountaineer

Tuwhare, Hone

1922–2008

Ngāpuhi; boilermaker, poet

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Millar. 'Pearson, William Harrison', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/231820/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).