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- ↑ "The Dame Malvina Major Foundation". The Big Idea. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Dame Malvina Major Foundation Studio Artists". New Zealand Opera . Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- 1 2 Mather, Mike (9 November 2020). "Top tenor earns inaugural $50K Dame Malvina Major Award". Stuff . New Zealand. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Natasha Te Rupe Wilson wins $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award". Dame Malvina Major Foundation. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "'Voice of the century' Mina Foley dies at 77". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Scholarships". Dame Malvina Major Foundation. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
