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Usage
This template creates a cite web reference to a entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

 

Typical usage would be between tags, with the code below suitable for copy and paste:

 

 last  and  first  relate to the author of the biography entry.  id  is the 3-4 alphanumeric id in the biography URL, for example the id for James Cook is 1c25. All parameters are optional,  title  defaults to PAGENAME. A plain link without cite web can be created with the parameter  plainlink=y .

Example
The biography for Charles Statham is online at http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4s40/1. As can be seen in the URL, the  id  is '4s40'. The biography was written by David Hamer and is entitled 'Statham, Charles Ernest - Biography' as per the footnote on that page. Accessing the biography today (UTC) would result in the following code:

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This will give the following reference: