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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Pā tuna

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Pā tuna (eel weir)

He momo pā tuna tēnei kīia ai he pā tauremu. Kei Ngutuwera i te awa o Moumāhaki tēnei pā tauremu. Ka whakatūria ngā pā tuna i te ngahuru, i te hekenga o ngā tuna ki te moana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – Pā tuna – eel weirs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13968/pa-tuna (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

Ellie Rivers
24 October 2011
please stop fishing and eating eels. I am 11 and by the time I am 21 there might not be any more eels left in Nz especially at risk are the NZ longfin. Thank you