Rua-o-te-rā

The cave or aperture from where the sun comes forth every morning. It was at the mouth of this cave that Māui caught , the Sun, in the rope-snares, and beat him until Rā had promised to go more slowly for the future.

References

Source

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 431.