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Biography: McCahon, Colin John

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Gordon H. Brown. 'McCahon, Colin John', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/127475/related-biographies (accessed 11 July 2026).