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- ↑ "PM announces portfolios". Cook Islands Government. 16 December 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ "Cook Islands PM sacks two more ministers". Radio New Zealand International. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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- ↑ "Democratic Party leads in Cooks election". Radio New Zealand International. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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