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- ↑ Spoonley, Paul The Politics of Nostalgia: racism and the extreme right in New Zealand The Dunmore Press (1987) p102 and note on p143
- ↑ Ó Maoláin, Ciarán, The Radical Right Longman (1987) p203
- ↑ Spoonley, Paul; The Politics of Nostalgia: Racism and the Extreme Right in New Zealand; The Dunmore Press (1987); p.210.
- ↑ Spoonley (1987), p.106.