Apirana Ngata writes that Harata Tangikuku was the mother of Wi Pewhairangi and was a noted authoress of songs.
Biographical sources
- Nga Moteatea (The Songs) A Selection of Annotated Tribal Songs of the Māori with English Translations. Comp. Sir Apirana Ngata. Pt. 1. 1928. 72-73. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc. 1959. Facsim. ed. 1972 (with the addition of Sir Apirana Ngata’s draft introduction of 1949 and a page of errata to 1959 edition, supplied by Mr Pei Te Hurinui Jones). Rpt. 1974. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc., 1988.
- "The Māori Contribution To New Zealand Literature." Te Ao Hou 71 (1973): 36-37.
Fiction
- "He Tangi Na Te Turoro/The Soliloquy of an Invalid." Nga Moteatea (The Songs) A Selection of Annotated Tribal Songs of the Māori with English Translations. Comp. Sir Apirana Ngata. Pt. 1. 1928. 72-73. [Notes included.] Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc. 1959. Facsim. ed. 1972 (with the addition of Sir Apirana Ngata’s draft introduction of 1949 and a page of errata to 1959 edition, supplied by Mr Pei Te Hurinui Jones). Rpt. 1974. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc. 1988. Rpt. as "Nga Titotito A Te Māori/Harata Tangikuku’s Lament" in "He Reo Tino Pai." English trans. Reweti T. Kohere. Te Ao Hou 2 (1952): 44-45. Rpt. in Te Ao Hou 3 (1952/3): 52. Rpt. as "He Tangi Na Te Turoro/A Song of Sickness." English trans. and notes by Barry Mitcalfe. Te Kaunihera Māori Spring (1968): 31+. Rpt. in Islands 4.1 (1975): 26.