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- ↑ "Surface water quality - Northland Regional Council". www.nrc.govt.nz. 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ↑ "Utakura at Okaka Road River Quality". Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA). Retrieved 19 April 2022.