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- ↑ "BENEE and The Beths win big at the Aotearoa Music Awards". RNZ. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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- Audio Culture, The noisy library of New Zealand music. Sourced 21 March 2020.
- NZ Musician, a print and online music magazine that deals with music in and from New Zealand.
