The Film Programme: Taika Waititi. In: bbc.co.uk. 2. Januar 2020, abgerufen am 8. Juli 2021 (englisch): „[Cohen] is still my name. It’s actually the name on my passport and driver’s licence and everything.“
Gordon Campbell: Taika Waititi. In: Noted. 23. Januar 2004, archiviert vom Original am 12. Februar 2020; abgerufen am 8. Juli 2021 (englisch): „"Cohen" is the name on his birth certificate and „Waititi“ is his father’s surname, but his current choice of surname doesn’t signal a shift in identity.“
Te Ahi Kaa: Sunday, 22 May 2011. In: RNZ. 22. Mai 2011, abgerufen am 8. Juli 2021 (englisch): „His dad and I always had agreed that when Taika was, before he was born, that if he arrived looking like a Pākehā we’d name him after my dad and his Māori grandfather would–his name would be second, and if he arrived as a Māori then we would reverse it and he, of course, we know what he looks like, so he’s Taika David.“
Gordon Campbell: Taika Waititi. In: Noted. 23. Januar 2004, archiviert vom Original am 12. Februar 2020; abgerufen am 8. Juli 2021 (englisch): „"Cohen" is the name on his birth certificate and „Waititi“ is his father’s surname, but his current choice of surname doesn’t signal a shift in identity.“