The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]
Mr. Richard Thomas Walker
Mr. Richard Thomas Walker, sometime Editor of the “Hawke's Bay Herald,” was born' in Manchester, England, in 1854, and educated at Turton Hall, Yorkshire. He gained his journalistic experience in various English journals before coming to New Zealand, where he was first engaged an sub-editor of the “Evening Post,” Wellington. Mr. Walker died in 1901.