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- ↑ "Pacific Regional Statistics - Secretariat of the Pacific Community" (PDF). Spc.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ↑ An Interperation of Early European Contact with Niue, Sue McLachlan
- ↑ Niue : The Island and Its People, S. Percy Smith (1983)
- ↑ Anthoni, Dr J Floor. "History of Niue". Seafriends.org.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2017.