The name Paoro (Echo) appears in John White's English translation of a
Māori
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story attributed by him to the
Ngāti Hau
Ngāti Hau are the Māori ''iwi'' (tribes) of the Whanganui River area in New Zealand.
There are two stories of where the name ''Ngāti Hau'' comes from. One is that it comes from Haupipi, who arrived in New Zealand on the '' Aotea'' canoe, afte ...
tribe, as a personal name meaning 'Echo'. However, in the Māori language original which White also supplies, the name Paoro does not appear – instead the word used is 'pari-kārangaranga', "echoing cliff". In the Māori story,
Mārikoriko
In a Māori legend attributed by ethnographer John White to the Ngāti Hau tribe, Mārikoriko (Twilight) is the first woman, created by Ārohirohi (Shimmering heat) from the heat of the sun and the echoing cliff. She married Tiki
In Māori ...
(Twilight) is the
first woman, created by
Ārohirohi
In Māori mythology, Ārohirohi is the goddess of mirages and shimmering heat, and is the wife of Tama-nui-te-rā (the Sun).
She created Mārikoriko
In a Māori legend attributed by ethnographer John White to the Ngāti Hau tribe, Mārikoriko ...
(Shimmering heat) from the heat of the sun and the echoing cliff. She married
Tiki
In Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne. He found the first woman, Marikoriko, in a pond; she seduced him and he became the father of Hine-kau-ataata. By extension, a tiki is a large or small wooden ...
, the first man, and gave birth to
Hine-kau-ataata
In the Māori mythology of the Ngāti Hau tribe, Hine-kau-ataata (Woman floating in shadow), is the daughter of Tiki (Man) and Mārikoriko (Twilight). When she is born, the first cloud
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a ...
(Woman floating in shadows).
Legendary Māori people
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