English: An illustration from The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon (1907) by James Drummond, a biography of Richard John Seddon (1845–1906), New Zealand's longest-serving prime minister. Drummond (1869–1940), a successful journalist and naturalist, started the work while Seddon was still alive and in office, intending it to be a collaboration. After Seddon's sudden death on a voyage from Australia to Auckland in June 1906, it was completed and published in 1907 along lines 'ʻthat Mr Seddon approved of", with an introduction by the then-PM Sir Joseph Ward. The book traces Seddon's life from his English childhood, through his emigration and entry into politics, to his last days, charting the achievements, personality and beliefs of New Zealand's longest-serving prime minister to date, and shedding light on the history of the Liberal Party.
Date
Source
The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon by James Drummond
Author
Unknown authorUnknown author
Licensing
This work is in the public domain in its source country for the following reason:
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This New Zealand work is in the public domain in New Zealand, because its copyright has expired or it is not subject to copyright (details). According to the New Zealand Copyright Act of 1994 as elaborated on by the Standing Committee on Copyright of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA), as of May 2011:
Type of material
Copyright has expired if ...
A
For photographs, manuscripts, archives, music scores, maps, paintings, and drawings published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown:
photo taken or work published prior to 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
For photographs, manuscripts, archives, music scores, maps, paintings, and drawings (except A-C)
Creator died before 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
E
For oral histories, music, computer-generated work and spoken word sound recordings
Released before 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
F
Published editions2
Released before 1 January 1999 (25 years ago)
1 Some government publications are not subject to copyright, including bills, acts, regulations, court judgments, royal commission and select committee reports, etc. See references [1] or [2] for the full list. 2 means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint.
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years.
New Zealand
This work is in the public domain in the United States for the following reason: