Sources:

Nelson Evening Mail , 9 Dec 1967, p. 1, 5 ('Disastrous fire sweeps Collingwood'); 11 Dec, p. 1; 12 Dec, p. 1, 6,; 13 Dec (Motueka News) p. 8-9; 14 Dec, p. 1; 15 Dec p. 3. Newport Golden Bay , p. 228