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- ↑ "Council archives". aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
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- ↑ Reidy 2009, pp. 244–245.
- ↑ Reidy 2009, pp. 249.
- ↑ Harvey, Bob (29 September 2010). "Report of the Mayor" (PDF). Waitakere City Council. p. 4 (5). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ↑ West Auckland Historical Society. "West Auckland mayors" . Retrieved 3 September 2020.
