This article in Te Ao Hou magazine
talks about Kupe’s exploration and explains some of
the place names associated with him.
More suggestions and sources
He Korero Purakau mo nga taunahanahatanga a
nga tupuna: Place names of the ancestors, a Maori
oral history atlas. Wellington: New Zealand
Geographic Board, 1990.
Reed, A. W. Reed book of Māori exploration:
stories of voyage and discovery. Rev. ed.
Auckland: Reed, 2006.