This March 1967 article in Te Ao Hou
magazine reprints James Cowan’s account of how
patupaiarehe were the origin for the name of Mt
Ngongotahā in Rotorua.
More suggestions and sources
Cowan, James. Fairy folk tales of the
Maori. Auckland: Whitcomb & Tombs,
1925.
Hyland, Rikihana. Illustrated Maori myths
and legends. Auckland: Reed, 2003.
Nahe, Hoani. ‘Maori, tangata maori.’ Journal
of the Polynesian Society 3 (1894): 27–35.
Reed, A. W. Reed book of Māori
mythology. Rev. by Ross Calman. Auckland:
Reed, 2004.