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- ↑ Hartwich's biography at The New Zealand Initiative.
- ↑ Hartwich's publications at Policy Exchange.
- ↑ "Prospect Magazine Think Tank Awards, list of previous winners". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ↑ Jonathan Isaby, 'The Government policies which were recommended by Policy Exchange', ConservativeHome (8 June 2010).
- ↑ Toby Helm, 'Hammer of North turns ire on South', The Observer (17 August 2008).
- ↑ Edward Glaeser, 'The Mill Towns Round Our Neck', Prospect Magazine (28 September 2008).
- ↑ Hartwich's columns in Business Spectator.
- ↑ The New Zealand Initiative, 'A name to start new conversations' (Media release) (3 April 2012).