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Kōrero: Te tāhere manu – bird catching

Tāwhiti manu

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Bird traps

He tauira ēnei o ngā tāwhiti hopu manu a te Māori. He waka kererū kei raro rawa. Ka mau ngā kakī o ngā manu ka haere mai ki te inu. He tumu tērā i te taha mauī. Whakamahia ai te tumu i ngā rākau iti me ngā tipu. He mutu era tāhere kei waenganui me te taha matau. Ka whakairia te mutu ki runga peka rākau. Ka mau ana te waewae o te manu, ka tangohia te tāhere kia taea te manu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: PAColl-8602-61

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te tāhere manu – bird catching – Attracting birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12001/tawhiti-manu (accessed 27 June 2026).

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