Tūtemahurangi's father was of Ngāti Rangatahi of Maniapoto and his mother was Kimihia of Ngāti Hāua of Hinengākau line. His home was at Ngarara-huarau on the Upper Wanganui, near Kakahi and he later settled at Wairau in the valley of Mangamaire, near Ohura. He wrote a famous mōteatea after the death of his son in an accidental burning. He was a leader of note.
Biographical sources
- Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha: The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. Apirana Ngata. Trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 2. Wellington, N.Z.: Published for the Polynesian Soc. by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1961. 225.
- Phone conversation with Marina Hughes on 7 Sept. 1998.
- "1990 Queen’s Birthday Honours." Te Iwi o Aotearoa 34 (1990): 20.
- Tutengaehe, Hohua. "A Māori View of Māoridom: Past and Present." Race Gender Class 2 (1985): 59.
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Email correspondence with Steven/Tipene Bell, 16th and 18th July 2022.
Non-fiction
- "A Māori View of Māoridom: Past and Present." Race Gender Class 2 (1985): 59-64. In Māori and English.
- This is an edited version of a discussion between Tutengaehe and Janet Lafaele in September 1985.
Traditional
- "He Waiata Tangi/A Song of Lament." Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha: The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. Apirana Ngata. Trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 2. Wellington, N.Z.: Published for the Polynesian Soc. by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1961. 224-229.
Other
- "1990 Queen’s Birthday Honours." Te Iwi o Aotearoa 34 (July 1990): 20.
- Iosefa, Sarona. "Fighting For His People." Press Weekend [Christchurch] 5 Sept. 1992: 1.