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...the embattled franchise looks a good bet to join the 2009 Taranaki Mountain Airs and the 1998 Northland Suns as the only National Basketball League teams to go the entire season without a win.
- 1 2 "Suns rise again in quest to join NBL". nzherald.co.nz. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Northland Suns get new coach Ross Cronshaw". nzherald.co.nz. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
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- ↑ "Northland Suns to participate in Senior Provisional Intercity Competition Zone 1 2012". sunsbasketball.co.nz. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013.