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- ↑ "About the NZ Radio Awards". NZ Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "2015 winners". New Zealand Radio Awards. Radio Broadcasters Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.