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References
- ↑ 1966 Encyclopaedia Of New Zealand: Ruamahanga River
- ↑ Map depicting the Gladstone Road bridge just south of the confluence of the Ruamahanga and Tauweru Rivers
- ↑ Sharpe, Marty, 6 July 2002, "Tauweru Spelling Stays a Hot Issue" Archived 2007-08-15 at archive.today , Wairarapa Times-Age.
- ↑ Heather, B. D., September 1973, "The Black-Fronted Dotterel (Charadrius Melanops) in the Wairarapa" Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine , Notornis: Journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand 20(3), pg. 252.
- ↑ Transpower Grants - Mid-Tauweru Landcare Group
- ↑ Fish and Game New Zealand: Wellington - Fishing - Access Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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