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  • The fairy folk of Ngongotaha mountain

    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.
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How to cite this page

Martin Wikaira, Patupaiarehe, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/5674/sources (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Martin Wikaira, published 1 March 2009.