Samuel Saunders (1857–1943) was a New Zealand journalist and newspaper editor.

Biography

Saunders was born in

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, New Zealand in 1857 to Rhoda Saunders (née Flower) and

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. His uncle was

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and his sister was

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. In 1880 he married Helen Johnston who was a granddaughter of William Cargill. He was editor of the

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from 1891 to 1914. Saunders died in

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in 1943, aged 86.

References

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