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Biography: Cummings, Denis Joseph and Cummings, James

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Graeme Dunstall. 'Cummings, Denis Joseph and Cummings, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126511/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).