Lake Ellesmere was one of the waterways dug out by Rākaihautū, and was renowned for its bountiful supply of fish, including eels, flounder, whitebait and yellow-eyed mullet. Māori knew the lake as Te Keteika-a-Rākaihautū (Rākaihautū’s food basket).
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