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- 1 2 Meteorological, Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1936, Page 3, retrieved 26 January 2016
- ↑ Origin of storm, Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 29, 4 February 1936, Page 4
- ↑ North flooded, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1936, Page 9
- ↑ Stormswept, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1936, Page 8
- ↑ Water-swept, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1936, Page 9
- ↑ One killed, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1936, Page 9
- 1 2 3 Fatal accident, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22334, 4 February 1936, Page 13
- ↑ Rangatira strikes object off Wellington Heads, Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21697, 3 February 1936, Page 10
- ↑ Steamer ashore in Wellington Harbour, Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21698, 4 February 1936, Page 16
- ↑ Track of the storm, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22333, 3 February 1936, Page 8
- ↑ Three lives lost, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22333, 3 February 1936, Page 10
- ↑ One drowned, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1936, Page 9
- ↑ Storm victims, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22334, 4 February 1936, Page 10
- ↑ Storm toll, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 30, 5 February 1936, Page 9
- ↑ Service at Sea, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22345, 17 February 1936, Page 10
- ↑ Mountain grave, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 8
- ↑ Drowned in flood, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 10
- ↑ Storm puzzle, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 30, 5 February 1936, Page 9
- ↑ Storm forecast, Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 32, 7 February 1936, Page 11