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- ↑ "AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. AKAROA MAIL AND BANKS PENINSULA ADVERTISER, VOLUME I, ISSUE 49, 5 JANUARY 1877". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ↑ "AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. AKAROA MAIL AND BANKS PENINSULA ADVERTISER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 January 1877. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ↑ "AKAROA RAILWAY. AKAROA MAIL AND BANKS PENINSULA ADVERTISER". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 February 1880. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ↑ "Newsletter" (PDF). Akaroa Civic Trust. November 2021.
