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Haurongo: Poingdestre, Henry

'Popular, amusing eccentric' Henry Poingdestre, holding his trademark white bell-topper

'Popular, amusing eccentric' Henry Poingdestre, holding his trademark white bell-topper

'Popular, amusing eccentric' Henry Poingdestre, holding his trademark white bell-topper

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Philippa Graham. 'Poingdestre, Henry', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3023/popular-amusing-eccentric-henry-poingdestre-holding-his-trademark-white-bell-topper (accessed 4 June 2026).