What is "nu'u"

In Hawaiian mythology, Nu'u was a man who built an ark with which he escaped a Great Flood. He landed his vessel on top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. Nu'u mistakenly attributed his safety to the moon, and made sacrifices to it. Kane, the creator god, descended to earth on a rainbow and explained Nu'u's mistake.

Nu'u can refer to;

• Nu'u - a male figure in Hawaiian mythology
• Nu'u village - in Samoa
• nu'u - the word nu'u means village or the place where one is from, in the Samoan language