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Mārikoriko

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates In a Māori legend attributed by ethnographer John White to the Ngāti Hau iwi (tribe),Template:Fact Mārikoriko (Twilight) is the first woman, created by Ārohirohi (Shimmering heat) from the heat of the sun and the echoing cliff.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She married Tiki, the first man, and gave birth to Hine-kau-ataata (woman floating in shadows).

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