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References
- The New Zealand Writer's Handbook
- Writers & Artists' Yearbook
- 1 2 "Ann Mallinson". The Governor-General of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ↑ "Hairy Maclary & Zachary Quack Bd Bk". penguin.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.