Nduke

The Nduke are an Oceanic people of Kolombangara, a nearly circular volcanic island in the New Georgia group of the Solomon Islands. Outsiders call their language Duke or Nduke, while its own speakers name it Dughore, a word also borne by a district of south-west Kolombangara, or Kolei; it is closely related to neighbouring Roviana and Lungga.

The island is a stratovolcano crowned by Mount Veve and scored by so many streams that its name is translated as Water Lord. The first Europeans to sight it were the ships of Álvaro de Mendaña's Spanish expedition in 1568.