Abstract:
"In the beginning, this island now called Niue was nothing but coral rock (he punga)... There came a god, an aitu, from the south, a god who sailed to and fro on the face of the waters. He looked down here and saw far below on the ocean the white punga rock. He let down his hook, and hauled the punga up to the surface, and lo! there stood an island," - John Lupo. Quoted by J. Cowan 'The Story of Niue : Genesis of a South Sea Island', J.P.S., vol.32, 1923, P.238.