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In [[Māori mythology]], '''Apakura''' is the wife of [[Tuhuruhuru|Tūhuruhuru]], the son of [[Tinirau and Kae|Tinirau]]. She had several children, among whom are [[Tūwhakararo]], Mairatea, Reimatua, and [[Whakatau]]. In another legend, Apakura is said to be the wife of Tūwhakararo, who was the son of [[Rātā (Māori mythology)|Rātā]] and father of Whakatau. Whakatau was born in a miraculous manner, from the girdle or apron which Apakura threw into the ocean which was made into a child by a sea deity (Tregear 1891:15).

==References==
*E.R. Tregear, ''Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary'' (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.

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[[Category:Women in mythology]]
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