Article (magazine)  (2023)  
 
New Zealand^TM 'Macgenev', Source/Accession RRG [Raleigh Rose Garden]  ...Estimated ploidy level(x) 4*
* Indicates ploidy level was confirmed with microscopy 

Book  (2011)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Hayden Foulds. Pick of the Bunch. 'Aotearoa' (Macgenev) - Fragrance Award and Certificate of Merit 1990. The official rose of NZ's 150th celebrations in 1990 which set the standard for fragrance in roses. Super fragrant and while many fragrant roses can struggle, this one consistently performs well although I would have liked more blooms in the autumn. Now imparting its fragrance through breeding programs worldwide.

Website/Catalog  (2008)  Page(s) 15.  Includes photo(s).

Booklet  (2008)  
 
An Information List of all Varieties. p7
1989. Aotearoa New Zealand - Macgenev. Nicknamed Geneva. For NZ Sesquicentenary at the request of Prime Minister David Lange.

Magazine  (1999)  Page(s) 29. Vol 93, Part 1.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dick Streeper. Fragrant Champ. The rose named 'New Zealand' from Sam McGredy, grows with vigour and smells great in every part of the U.S. It is being heavily used there to import fragrance in seedlings. Photo: Weeks Roses.

Website/Catalog  (Aug 1998)  Page(s) 7.  
 
New Zealand (MACgnev) Hybrid Tea. McGredy 1991... the pink bloom has a strong perfume and can get to gigantic proportions... good disease resistance...

Book  (1998)  Page(s) 95-96.  
 
Aotereoa ('New Zealand') Hybrid Tea. McGredy 1989. Assessed in The Clearing House.... pale coral pink...

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 71.  
 
Stuart Pinfold. ....there are another group of roses which are 'softies' - those which probably should be termed fine weather friends. Among these I would place 'Aotearoa NZ'..... while many of these are fine subjects and very beautiful in certain respects, they do not, in my view, stand up to bad weather very well.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 59.  
 
New Zealand (MACgenev, 'Aotearoa') Large-flowered (Hybrid Tea) bush. Description... double, high centred light salmon pink blooms, 4.5 in (12 cm) across...

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 88.  Includes photo(s).
 
New Zealand ('Aotearoa', MACgnev) Large-flowered hybrid tea bush... the main asset of this variety is its fragrance, sweet and strong... 'Aotearoa' is the Maori name for New Zealand, and is usually translated as 'the land of the long white cloud'. McGredy 1990