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- ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "Plenty of pupils push pedal power". North Shore Times . 27 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Devonport's young cyclists get national accolade". The Devonport Flagstaff. 12 November 2010. p. 3.
- ↑ Etheridge, Jess (2 August 2013). "Singer now on centre stage: Shore kid makes good at Splendour in the Grass". North Shore Times (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 27 August 2013.