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- 1 2 Transition Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1988, p42
- ↑ David J. Stone Self rule in the Cook Islands: The government and politics of a new micro-state
- ↑ Thomas R. A. H. Davis & R. G. Crocombe (1979) Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story p205
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