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- ↑ Jesson 1996, p. 47.
- ↑ McLean 2006, p. 281.
- ↑ Jesson 1996, p. 48.
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- McLean, Gavin (2006). The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General. Dunedin: Otago University Press. ISBN 1-877372-25-0.
- Jesson, Bruce (1996). Trainor, Luke (ed.). Republicanism in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. ISBN 978-0-86469-256-6.
