Tama Nui-Te-Ra

In Māori mythology, Tama-nui-te-rā is the personification of the sun.  Māui decided that the days were too short and caught the sun with in a snare, then beat him to make him travel more slowly across the sky. In some legends Tama-nui-te-rā is the husband of Ārohirohi, goddess of mirages. In other legends, Tama-nui-te-rā had two wives, the Summer maid, Hine-raumati, and the Winter maid, Hine-takurua. The child of Tama-nui-te-ra and Hine-raumati, Tane-rore is credited with the origin of dance.
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[Polynesian] "The Great Son of the Sun". The true name of the sun. One evening, Maui decided that the days were too short for work, and the nights too long. He and his brothers attempted to catch the sun in a snare, but the ropes were too dry so the sun burnt them and broke free. Then Maui used ropes made of wet flax (in the original myth he used his sister's hair) and this time succeeded. He beat the sun and demanded that it must travel more slowly through the sky to make the days longer, and the sun agreed. Tama Nui-Te-Ra also gave some of his fire to humanity as a boon, for life.