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References
- ↑ "OCI says confidence is high for by-election". Cook Islands News. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ "OCI in 'historic' victory". Cook Islands News. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "Familiar faces, but different roles". Cook Islands News. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "Statement by Democratic Party on Pumati Israela - Cook Islands News" . Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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