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Kōrero: Te tāhere manu – bird catching

Maimoa kākā

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Decoy method

Nā Tāmati Ranapiri o Ngāti Raukawa te hoahoa nei, kei te whakaatu i te tikanga hopu manu kīia ai, ko te taki. He maimoa tērā manu i te pito whakararo o te taki. Kei roto te kaihopu i te maimai e huna ana. He kākā tērā kei te pito whakarunga o te taki, nā te maimoa i ongaonga. E ai ki a Tāmati Ranapiri he rahi atu ngā manu ka taea me te mutu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Polynesian Society Collection

Reference: 80-115-12/6

by Tamati Ranapiri

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te tāhere manu – bird catching – Attracting birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/11996/maimoa-kaka (accessed 27 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.