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Biography: O'Brien, James

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Len Richardson. 'O'Brien, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/127932/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).