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Mārikoriko
In a
Māori legend
attributed by
ethnographer
John White
to the
Ngāti Hau
tribe
, Mārikoriko is
the first woman
, created by
Ārohirohi
from the
heat
of
the sun
and the
echoing
cliff
. She
married
Tiki
, the
first man
, and gave
birth
to
Hine-kau-ataata
.