 They had a few months of happiness, though she still appeared only at night and left at dawn, and in time Hinepūkohurangi became pregnant, but no one else could see her and therefore Uenuku was ridiculed.His kinsmen were sceptical of this wife they had never seen - in some tellings, their daughter was already born.He tried to explain that his wife left him each morning at first light, so his friends suggested that he block up the doors and windows so she could not see the sun.