Tau-kai and Te Aho-o-te-rangi were the wives of Manihera; he was also named Maruarua and belonged to Ngāti Parua, a subtribe of Ngāti Pikiao.
Biographical sources
- 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. 3. Wellington, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc., 1970. 181.
Non-fiction
- "He Waiata Wawata/A Song of Day-Dreaming." 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. 3. Wellington, N.Z.: Polynesian Soc., 1970. 180-183.