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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Catching eels

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Group of men on porch holding up two enormous eels. A boy sits in front
This eeling party from about 1910 poses with their catch. Harry McKee told his son this story of eeling in 1920s Taranaki.

This eeling party from about 1910 poses with their catch.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-028987-G

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – A personal account of eeling, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/community-contribution/17546/catching-eels (accessed 28 June 2026).

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