Pania Dewes attended Turakina Māori Girls’ College.
Biographical sources
- Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 352.
Non-fiction
- "He Aha te Mea nui o te Ao." New Zealand Listener 18 Nov. 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 352-353.
- Pania Dewes, of both Māori and Pakeha parentage, pays tribute to Turakina Māori Girls’ College which assisted her sense of ease with both the Māori and Pakeha aspects of her life. Dewes takes issue with the negative media-driven image of young Māori and presents instead a generation of young Māori like herself who are motivated, ambitious and committed to the promotion of Māori society.
- "Head Prefect’s Perspective." Mana Tangata: Māori Newspaper Jan. 1992: 34.