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Eel weir, Whanganui River

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Eel weir, Whanganui River

A distinctive form of investment by Māori were the weirs constructed in rivers to channel eels into traps. This one was photographed in the later 19th century, at Pungarehu on the southern part of the Whanganui River.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, William James Harding Collection (PAColl-3042)

Reference: 1/1-000483; G

by William James Harding

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Brent Layton, Investment – Māori and colonial investment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24108/eel-weir-whanganui-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Brent Layton, published 3 March 2010.