Noah's Land

The cover photograph is of the author alongside 'a child of Noah'. Why? Because this statue at Purekireki Marae, Pirongia in the Waikato, depicts an ancestor of the Patupaiarehe people and Nuku (Noah in the ancient language of New Zealand) is said to be their founding father. So was Noah the first to find and settle this country? ● The Patupaiarehe call him Ue-Nuku (the bow of Noah) and knew him as the 'rainbow god'. ● The ancient name for New Zealand was Nuku-Roa, i.e. the 'Long Land of Noah' o