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- ↑ Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock and Roll, 1955 to the Modern Era John Dix Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock and Roll, 1955 to the Modern Era
- ↑ Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 Media ..., Volume 1, edited by John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver, Peter Wicke Page 37 Historis
- ↑ Spin, August 1990 Page 82 underground, Bailter Space, SPUD, The Bats, Chris Knox, This Kind of Punishment, Dead C, Peter Gutteridge, The Axemen Column by Byron Coley
- ↑ Billboard, May 30, 1992 Pate 34 Artists & Music, Music of the Maori:
- ↑ Many Voices: Music and National Identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand edited by Henry Johnson Page 7
- ↑ The Spinoff, January 28, 2016 Books, The greatest New Zealand works of non-fiction ever – part two By Group Think
- ↑ Audio Culture, 6 Mar 2014 John Dix - From Pembrokeshire to Paradise
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