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Story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. History of bird catching

  3. Seasons

  4. Snaring methods: tākiri and tāhei

  5. Spears, rods, hands and traps

  6. Attracting birds

  7. Spiritual aspects

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - History of bird catching

Pai Kanohi with calabashes

Pai Kanohi with calabashes

Gazette notice

Gazette notice

Hunters with kererū

Hunters with kererū

Saving kererū

Saving kererū

Kūkupa mural

Kūkupa mural

From page 2 - Seasons

Tūī feeding

Tūī feeding

Muttonbirding

Muttonbirding

Cooking birds

Cooking birds

Pōhā (kelp)

Pōhā (kelp) (1st of 2)

Pātua

Pātua (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - Snaring methods: tākiri and tāhei

Snared bird

Snared bird

Mutu in karaka tree

Mutu in karaka tree

Tumu

Tumu

Pewa

Pewa

Tāhei snare

Tāhei snare

From page 4 - Spears, rods, hands and traps

Bird spear points

Bird spear points

Fowler with a stick

Fowler with a stick

Snaring a weka

Snaring a weka

Silvereye perch

Silvereye perch

Korapa traps

Korapa traps

From page 5 - Attracting birds

Decoy method

Decoy method

Waka kererū

Waka kererū

Bird traps

Bird traps

From page 6 - Spiritual aspects

Carved lizards

Carved lizards

Forest mauri

Forest mauri

Whakapakoko

Whakapakoko

How to cite this page:

Basil Keane, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/te-tahere-manu-bird-catching/media (accessed 26 March 2023)

Story by Basil Keane, published 24 Sep 2007

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