Hine-nui-te-pō, also known as the "Great Woman of Night" is a giant goddess of death and the underworld.

There, she becomes Hine-nui-te-pō, acquiring men's souls while her father Tāne tries to lead them to light.

[3] The great hero Māui is tricked by his father into thinking he has a chance to achieve immortality.

Hine-nui-te-po reacted by crushing him with the obsidian teeth in her vagina; Māui was the first man to die.

The problematic themes of rape in this legend are acknowledged and used as an educational tool in contemporary times.