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Story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy

Māori fishing

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Māori fishing

Māori fish in the sea in Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound) in the early 1800s. Fishing activities were often carried out on a large scale by whānau and hapū.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-098-015

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Basil Keane, Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy – The Māori economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/25743/maori-fishing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 12 April 2010.