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- ↑ "New Year honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ↑ Piddock, Gerald (23 October 2019). "Russ Rimmington elected as new Waikato Regional Council chairman". Waikato Times . Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ↑ "Waikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington voted out following alleged racist remarks". New Zealand Herald. 9 May 2022.
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