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- ↑ NZ On Screen - Pukemanu, Television, 1971–1972, Credits
- ↑ New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change, By Trisha Dunleavy, Hester Joyce - Page 54 to 56
- ↑ New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change, By Trisha Dunleavy, Hester Joyce - Page 66
- ↑ RNZ, 18 May 2016 - New Zealand actor Ian Watkin dies
- ↑ New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change, By Trisha Dunleavy, Hester Joyce - Page 54 to 56
- ↑ Stuff, 31/05/2010 - Dame Pat Evison passes away By Stacey Wood
- ↑ Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010, By Harris M. Lentz III - Page 125 Evison, Pat