Te Hika-Puhi

Tapuika, Te Arawa



Te Hika-puhi was an aristocratic lady of the Tapu-ika sub-tribe of Te Arawa.

Biographical sources

  • Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha. The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. A. T. Ngata. Trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 3. Wellington, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc., 1970. 43.

    Non-fiction

  • "He Patere/An Action Song." Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha. The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. A. T. Ngata. Trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 3. Wellington, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc., 1970. 42-47.