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- ↑ Verrall, Ayesha (2018). Innate Factors in Early Clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive-University of Otago.
- ↑ "30 new Professors for the University of Otago", University of Otago, 10 December 2019, retrieved 2021-01-07
- ↑ Katrina Sharples at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Gibb, John (14 June 2018), "Cattle major link to disease", Rural Life
- ↑ Gibb, John (22 April 2019), "Otago health researchers get major grant", Otago Daily Times
- ↑ Players, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, 6 October 2015, retrieved 2019-09-08
- ↑ Bouman, Elizabeth (6 March 2017), "Haydn and chocolate a merry mix", Otago Daily Times
