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Kōrero: Whanganui places

Smoking eels, Koriniti

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Smoking eels, Koriniti

Ringatū tohunga (priest) Poutama Te Ture is one of a group smoking eels at Koriniti (Corinth) on the Whanganui River, in 1921.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wanganui River Expedition Album

Reference: PA1-q-257-79-1

by James Ingram McDonald

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

Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – River settlements, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18964/smoking-eels-koriniti (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Diana Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.