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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Te Waihora

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Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)

He pātaka kai nui a Te Waihora i ngā rā ō mua, nā reira i tapaina ko tērā o ōna ingoa, ko Te Keteika-a-Rākaihautū. Inā te mahi a te tuna. Kei tua i te tāhuna kirikiri ko te moana. Ka keria he awaawa hei hopu i ngā tuna ka heke.

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by Christina Troup

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – Eel migrations – heke tuna, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13995/te-waihora (accessed 28 June 2026).

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