Sources

• Millar, J Halket Beyond the Marble Mountain Nelson: Lucas, 1948.
• Nelson Provincial Council Votes and Proceedings and Gazettes.
• Newport, JNW Golden Bay, One Hundred Years of Local Government
• Takaka: Golden Bay County Council, 1975.
• Rogers, Beryl East Takaka Church and cemetery and early settlers 1868 – 1993 Motueka: Flying Fingers, 1993.
• Newspapers: Nelson Examiner, The Colonist, Nelson Evening Mail.