Tupaea was a chief of Ngai-te-Rangi, Tauranga.
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. 244-245. Rpt. 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.
Traditional
- "He Tangi Mo Te Korohiko/A Lament For Te Korohiko." Nga Moteatea. Grey: 69. No further details. McGregor’s Popular Māori Songs: 2/59. No further details. Rpt. in Nga Moteatea (The Songs). A Selection of Annotated Tribal Songs of the Māori with English Translations. Comp. Sir Apirana Ngata. Pt. 1. 1928. 244-245 (including notes). Rpt. Polynesian Soci., 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.