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by Micha F. Lindemans

The Hawaiian equivalent of the biblical Patriarch Noah. He was the first man to build a large vessel with a cabin on its deck. On this vessel he loaded pigs, dogs, kava, roots, and coconuts. He was thus able to escape from the flood caused by a tidal wave.