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- ↑ "Phillip Turner: Biography", New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website (Retrieved 17 February 2020)
- ↑ St Peter's College Magazine 1977, p. 23; Phillip Turner, The politics of neutrality: the Catholic mission and the Maori 1838–1870, Thesis for MA in History, University of Auckland, 1986
- ↑ "Senior Fonterra GM jumps ship to become ambassador to Korea", NZ Herald, 5 March 2018.
- ↑ "Openly gay New Zealand ambassador to S. Korea attends reception with husband", Hanyoreh, 23 October 2019
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