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Kōrero: Te tāhere manu – bird catching

Te hopu weka

Nā William Fox te whakaahua nei i tā i te tau 1846. I te whakaahua, ko Kehu te kaiārahi tērā e hopu weka ana. Kei tōna ringa matau e pupuri ana a ia ki te tari; kei tōna ringa mauī tētahi rākau poto iho kua rākaitia ki te huruhuru hei maimoa i te weka. Ka pakoire a Kehu i te weka, kia pōhēhē te manu rā he manu anō tērā. He nui ngā weka i hopukina hei whāngai i te tira a Kehu mā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-113-008

by William Fox

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te tāhere manu – bird catching – Spears, rods, hands and traps, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/8700 (accessed 27 June 2026).

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