The Birth of Maui and How He Found His Family

Taranga’s child was born early, before his time. He was born by the seashore. Taranga was afraid of this early birth, of this child who had come into the world before he was fully formed. So she cut off a tuft of her hair and wrapped her baby in it, and then she threw him into the surf, and gave him to the waves, to Tangaroa the Ocean.