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- ↑ Tangiwai, The Story of the Priest's Bath, The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 7, 1 October 1936. Pictures of New Zealand Life.
- ↑ Pavilion Bath House Archived 25 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Rotorua, New Zealand.
- ↑ Ward Baths.
- ↑ Sir Joseph Ward, New Zealand.
- ↑ Katrina Brill, Aotearoa New Zealand also claims St Mary MacKillop , ABC Religion and Ethics, 12 October 2010.
- ↑ Gertrude McGowan, Rotorua Pilgrimage , 1 May 1992.