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- 1 2 "Four decades of winter wackiness: Queenstown Winter Festival," www.queenstownnz.co.nz. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ↑ "Thousands turn out for Winter Festival," Otago Daily Times, 24 June 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
