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Kōrero: Te tāhere manu – bird catching

Korapa

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Korapa traps

Ko te korapa mō te mahi i te toutouwai me ētahi atu manu. Ka pinea te korapa ki te whenua. Ka whiua haerehia he mōunu ki ngā taha – he noke, he huhu, he kākano. Tau mai ana te toutouwai ka kūmea te taura kia taupokina te manu e te korapa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Elsdon Best, Forest lore of the Maori. Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1942

by J. McDonald

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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/photograph/11993/korapa (accessed 27 June 2026).

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