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- ↑ "BENEE and the Beths win big at the Aotearoa Music Awards". Radio New Zealand . 13 November 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ↑ "Aotearoa Music Awards | Unsung heroes of Aotearoa music celebrated tonight at the Artisan Awards".
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