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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "New Permanent Representative of New Zealand presents credentials". www.unis.unvienna.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230727024419/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/europe/austria/new-zealand-embassy-to-austria-and-permanent-mission-to-the-united-nations/
- Heads of Missions List: U. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.