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- ↑ "Green Lake Landslide - New Zealand's largest landslide". GNS Science. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 105. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
- ↑ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 458.
- ↑ "Lake Monowai / Borland Road". Department of Conservation . Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ "Borland Road tramping tracks". Department of Conservation . Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ "Grebe / Percy Valley bridge to Lake Manapouri, II-III+". Whitewater NZ. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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