1. This account is based on the initial inquest meeting as reported in Star, 26/4/97 and the adjourned meeting as reported in Opunake Times 14/5/97.

2. H. G. Philpott, A History of the New Zealand Dairy Industry, 1840–1935, Wellington, 1937, p. 87.

3. Reprinted in Patea & County Press, 13/8/97.

4. AJHR, 1905, C-4, p. 1082.