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- ↑ Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006
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- ↑ Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013
- ↑ "Auckland Council Mayor – Preliminary result at 00:43, 13 October 2013" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014
- ↑ "Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region" (PDF). Auckland Council. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ Dan Satherley (8 October 2016). "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". Newshub. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' – National – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald . 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.