This model of the pā tauremu type of eel weir was on display at the Wanganui Museum in the 1930s. The fences guide the eels into the net, and through to the hīnaki (eel pot).
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Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)
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PAColl-6388-49
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