Māui was born prematurely, so Taranga wrapped his body in her hair and threw him into the waves.
Māui arrived at his mother's village one day, and recognized his brothers.
Each morning, Taranga would disappear and eventually Māui followed her to the underworld by assuming the shape of a wood pigeon.
Taranga introduced them and his father performed the dedicatory ritual over his son.
Because Makeatutara made mistakes in the incantation, Māui was fated to die and thus humankind is mortal.