Makea-Tutara

Maui’s father Makea-tutara, took his son to a sacred waterfall and bathed him in is waters. He chanted karakia to give maui more magical powers and everlasting life. as he takes Māui through the tohi ceremony. During the karakia he made a hapa (mistake), so Māui did not have the full protection the correct karakia would have afforded.

In Polynesian myth, Makea-Tutara is the father of Maui, and chief of the underworld. When Maui's mother Taranga visited that place she presented Maui to his father. He predicted a great future for his son and dedicated him to the gods. In that solemn ceremony, he sprinkled water of his son's head, but in spite of all his incantations, he was unable to give Maui immortality. With sadness in his heart, he sent Maui back to his life in this world.