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- ↑ "Trust worthy"
- ↑ "TRUST CONTROL". Ashburton Guardian. Papers Past. 23 March 1949.
- ↑ Oldfield, Georgina (12 October 2019). "Invercargill Licensing Trust board members stays the same". Stuff.co.nz.
- ↑ "Alan Dennis re-appointed as Invercargill Licensing Trust president". Stuff.co.nz. 24 October 2019.
- ↑ "Louise Evans your new ILT Board member, progress results reveal". Invercargill City Council. 27 May 2021.
- ↑ "2022 Elections Final Results". icc.govt.nz. Invercargill City Council . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ↑ "Where the money slots in", 15/08/2013, Nicola Fallow, The Southland Times