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Story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation

Rāhui sign

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Rāhui sign

This sign is an example of a modern rāhui (restriction). The rāhui was imposed as a result of an agreement between the Hauraki Māori Trust Board and the Ministry of Fisheries. It restricts the taking of pipi and cockles on part of the coast on the Coromandel Peninsula.

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Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation – Rāhui – prohibitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11601/rahui-sign (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 2 March 2009.