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- ↑ Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". RNZ. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "Our Council structure". waitaki.govt.nz. Waitaki District Council.
- ↑ "About our Council". waitaki.govt.nz. Waitaki District Council.
- ↑ "Our Mayor". waitaki.govt.nz. Waitaki District Council.
- 1 2 Bailey, Emma (12 October 2013). "Kircher named Waitaki mayor". stuff.co.nz. Timaru Herald.
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- ↑ "Waitaki mayor not seeking third term". RNZ . 12 July 2013.