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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

He tauira utu piharau

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Utu piharau (lamprey weir)

Anei te tikanga o te utu piharau. Ka rere whakarunga ngā piharau, ka piri haere ki ngā tahataha o te awa. Kia tūtaki ki tētahi taiapa e puta ana i te tahatika, ka tahuri rātou ki te rapu puarenga kia haere whakarunga tonu. I konei ka kawea rātou e te ia o te wai ki roto i te utu piharau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Elsdon Best, Fishing methods and devices of the Maori. Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1929, p. 195

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – Catching piharau – lampreys, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/13996/he-tauira-utu-piharau (accessed 4 June 2026).

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