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- ↑ "Electoral Constituencies Act 2019" (PDF). Parliament of Samoa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ↑ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. p. 9. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ↑ https://pmn.co.nz/read/news/be-the-wayfinder-pacific-suicide-prevention-leader-honoured.
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