Cox, Noel (1998–99). «The Dichotomy of Legal Theory and Political Reality: The Honours Prerogative and Imperial Unity». Australian Journal of Law and Society1 (14): 15-42. Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2011. «The Queen has in fact regularly presided over meetings of the Privy Council in New Zealand, since her first in 1954. That was the first held by the Sovereign outside the United Kingdom, although in 1920 Edward Prince of Wales held a Council in Wellington to swear in the Earl of Liverpool as Governor-General.»
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Kumarasingham, Harshan (2010). Onward with Executive Power: Lessons from New Zealand 1947–57. Wellington, New Zealand: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. p. 71. ISBN978-1-877347-37-5. Archivado desde el original el 11 de enero de 2012. Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2011. «The Queen held a meeting of the Privy Council [on 13 January 1954] at the 'Court at Government House at Wellington' with her New Zealand prime minister as 'acting Lord President' of the council. The deputy prime minister, Keith Holyoake, 'secured for himself a place in constitutional history by becoming the first member to be sworn of Her Majesty’s Council outside the United Kingdom'.»
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Kumarasingham, Harshan (2010). Onward with Executive Power: Lessons from New Zealand 1947–57. Wellington, New Zealand: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. p. 71. ISBN978-1-877347-37-5. Archivado desde el original el 11 de enero de 2012. Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2011. «The Queen held a meeting of the Privy Council [on 13 January 1954] at the 'Court at Government House at Wellington' with her New Zealand prime minister as 'acting Lord President' of the council. The deputy prime minister, Keith Holyoake, 'secured for himself a place in constitutional history by becoming the first member to be sworn of Her Majesty’s Council outside the United Kingdom'.»