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The Moriori fishermen had a creation myth, in which first Rangitokona separated heaven and earth and then created the first man Tu (which I prefer to translate as 'standing up'). To make Tu alive Rangitokona had to add something: "... Then the spirit was gathered in. And this was the chant for that work: Let the spirit of the man be gathered to the world of being, the world of light. / Then see. Placed in the body is the flying bird, the spirit-breath. / Then breathe! / Sneeze, living spirit, to the world of being, the world of light. / Then see. Placed in the body is the flying bird, the breath. / Be breathing then, great Tu. Now live! Then man existed, and the progeny of Tu increased ..." (Legends of the South Seas) If we translate back again, from English to Polynesian, the essence of spirit - the 'flying bird' - will be manu rere:
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