1. (personal name) also known as Hine-ahu-one.
Ko tō rātou haerenga ki te ahu i te puehu o te one i Kurawaka. Koia a Hine-ahu-one, arā a Hine-hau-one, te wahine tuatahi (TTT 1/6/1924:63). / They went to fashion her from the dust of the earth at Kurawaka. Thus was Hine-ahu-one, that is Hine-hau-one, the first woman.
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