Keria ai ēnei awakari ki te pito o Wairewa hei hopu i ngā tuna e heke ana ki te moana. Ka kōrero te pū kōrero rā a Teone (Hōne) Taare Tīkao o Ngāi Tahu mō tēnei tikanga ki Te Wai Pounamu:
‘Ka heke te tuna, e toru ngā tikanga hopu i te tini. Ko tētahi tikanga ko te keri awaawa mai i te awa mā ngā kirikiri tae rawa ki tētahi pārua. Hei ētahi wā ka tareka te hia mano tuna te kōutuutu.’
Teone Taare Tīkao. Tikao talks: ka taoka tapu o te ao kohatu: treasures from the ancient world of the Maori. Tāmaki-makau-rau: Penguin, 1990 (i whakaputaina tuatahi i te tau 1939).
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