A picaresque series of sea adventures, told by sailor Martin Vallance.
The story of Frank Leigh, a man of Bohemian and wandering spirit, who has landed in New Zealand and fallen in with Hapo Tuki (called Floxy), the son of an Irish father and Maori mother. Accompanied by Floxy, Leigh decides to visit the capital of the Waikato Maori people, following the Waikato River deep into New Zealand.