Turuhira Hineiwhakinaterangi "and her husband [Te Manana Kauaterangi]... were members of the Ngāti Porou aristocracy. Turuhira Hineiwhakinaterangi was in her time the leading figure among her hapus, Te Aitanga a Mate, Te Whanau a Rakairoa, Te Aowera and Te Whanau a Ruataupare (of Tuparoa)."
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. 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. 86-87.
Music
- "He Waiata Aroha Mo Te Manana Kauaterangi/A Love Song for Te Manana Kauaterangi." Nga Moteatea (The Songs) A Selection of Annotated Tribal Songs of the Māori with English Translations. Comp. Sir Apirana Ngata. Pt. 1. 1928. 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. 264-267. [Including notes] Rpt. as "Nga Titotito a te Māori: Te Waiata a Turuhira Hineiwhakina/ Māori Poetry: Turuhira Hineiwhakina’s Song." Te Ao Hou 8 (1954): 23-24.
- In Māori and English translation and notes by Reweti Kohere. Kohere’s great interest in this waiata lies in the fact that it supports the Ngāti Porou belief that the Ngāti Porou chief Kakatarau "organised and led the Toka-a-kuku expedition". Kohere writes that this was the last conflict between Ngāti Porou and Whanau-a-Apanui in 1836.