Editing Tamanuiterā (section)

== Family ==
In some legends, Tama-nui-te-rā is the husband of [[Ārohirohi]], goddess of mirages. In other legends, Tama-nui-te-rā had two wives, the [[Summer]] maid, Hineraumati, and the [[Winter]] maid, Hinetakurua. During the year he would divide his time between his two wives; this marked the changing of the seasons and the changing position of the sun in the sky. In winter, the sun rising in the north-eastern sky marked Tama-nui-te-rā residence with Hinetakurua. After the winter solstice, the sun's changing position to the south-eastern sky was described as Tama-nui-te-rā returning to Hineraumati. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangi |first=Te Miri |date=2017-12-22 |title=Tamanuiterā: The sun and his two wives |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/22-12-2017/tamanuitera-the-sun-and-his-two-wives |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}</ref>

The child of Tama-nui-te-rā and Hineraumati, [[Tane-rore]], is credited with the origin of [[Haka|dance]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Elsdon|last=Best|url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_34/rsnz_34_00_000540.html|title=The Diversions of the Whare Tapere: Some Account of the various Games, Amusements, and Trials of Skill practised by the Maori in Former Times.|work=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand|date=7 October 1901}}</ref>

Another son of Tama-nui-te-ra is [[Auahitūroa]], god of comets and fires, and grandchildren of Tama-nui-te-rā are [[Ngā Mānawa]].<ref>E. Best, ''Māori Religion and Mythology'', Part 2 (''Dominion Museum Bulletin'' No.11. Museum of New Zealand: Wellington, 1982), 244–245.</ref>