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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

He pā auroa e toru ngā taiapa

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Pā auroa eel weir

Tū ai te pā auroa nei ki te awa o Whanganui. Ka kuhu, ka whai haere ngā tuna i ngā taiapa kia tae ki te kupenga i te pito, ā, mā te kupenga ki roto i te hīnaki i te pito rawa o te pā auroa. Me pakari te hanga o te pā auroa kia tū tonu i te waipuke.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

by J. McDonald

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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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/13973/he-pa-auroa-e-toru-nga-taiapa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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