William Henry John Seffern

William Henry John Seffern (1829–1900) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian.^[1] Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1829, he emigrated to Australia before moving to Auckland, New Zealand in the 1850s. As of the mid-1860s, Seffern he was the manager and later proprietor of the Auckland newspaper, the New-Zealander.^[1] In 1868 he became the manager and editor of the Taranaki Herald.^[1] He wrote a number of works on the history of Taranaki in the 1880s and 1890s.^[1] He retired from the Taranaki Herald in 1895,^[2] and died in New Plymouth in October 1900.^[1]