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Geoffrey Blake

Geoffrey Blake

Though he spent only three years in New Zealand, from 1929, British naval officer and adviser Geoffrey Blake helped shape the country’s defence policy.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, William Hall Raine Collection (PAColl-3071)

Reference: PAColl-5933-06

Photograph by William Hall Raine

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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P. Y. Dennerly. 'Blake, Geoffrey', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46483/geoffrey-blake (accessed 4 June 2026).