Margaret Orbell writes that Pare-Hokotoru was a chieftainess living during the time of Te Rauparaha.
Biographical sources
- Māori Poetry: An Introductory Anthology. Ed. Margaret Orbell. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1978. 86.
Music
- "He Waiata/A Song." Nga Moteatea: He Maramara Rere No Nga Waka Maha: The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas. Comp. Apirana Ngata and trans. Pei Te Hurinui. Pt. 2. Wellington, N.Z.: Published for the Polynesian Society by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1961. 202-203. Rpt. as "‘Ore Te Koera Kei Te Ngahae/How The Trembling Shakes Me." in Māori Poetry: An Introductory Anthology. Ed. Margaret Orbell. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1978. 26-27.
- For notes on this waiata refer Māori Poetry: An Introductory Anthology. (86).