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- ↑ "Te-Hani Brown hangs on to seat in Cook Islands". RNZ. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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- ↑ "Re-elected Cooks MP resigns during petition process". Radio New Zealand . 5 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ "DECLARATION OF VACANT SEAT IN THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS" (PDF). Government of the Cook Islands . 26 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ "Veteran Cook Islands politician Glassie ill – reports". RNZ. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ Newport, Christina (2021). "Cook Islands". The Contemporary Pacific. 33 (1): 182–192. doi:10.1353/cp.2021.0010 . Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ Rashneel Kumar (18 October 2019). "Young and old go head to head in Atiu's by-election". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ "The Cook Islands Gazette No. 88/2019" (PDF). Parliament of the Cook Islands. 19 November 2019.
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