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- ↑ LMS secondary school at Niue Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1950, p67
- ↑ The Asian Press and Media Directory 1974, p186
- 1 2 Tahafa Pope Talagi Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1984, p73
- 1 2 New Zealand Foreign Affairs Review, Volume 25 p44
- ↑ No Rex dynasty for Niue Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1975, p9