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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Pā auroa

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Pā auroa eel weir

He pā auroa ki te awa o Wanganui. E toru ngā taiapa o te pā auroa. Ka hāngai te takoto ki te roma o te wai, ka mutu, ka tū ki te ihu tonu o te tāheke.

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Reference: T. W. Downes, ‘Notes on eels and eel-weirs (tuna and pa-tuna).’ Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Institute of New Zealand 50 (1918). Wellington: Govt. Printing Office, pp. 296-316.

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Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – Pā tuna – eel weirs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/13972/pa-auroa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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