"Waipu was an aristocratic lady of the sub-tribe of Ngāti-Hinemanu and Ngai-te-Upokoiri".
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. 187.
Non-fiction
- "He Waiata Whaiaipo/A Song Of Love." 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. 186-187.
- "He Waiata Aroha." 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. 4.. Auckland; Wellington, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc.; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with assistance from the New Zealand 1990 Commission, 1990. 46.