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- ↑ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 81. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ↑ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 376.
- ↑ Waimakariri River Regional Plan (Report R04/7) (PDF). Environment Canterbury. October 2004. p. 19. ISBN 1-86937-502-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ↑ "The Waimakariri River". Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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