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Kōrero: Canoe traditions

Te mahi tuna ki Wairewa (Lake Forsyth)

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Eeling at Wairewa

Whāia ka noho a Rākaihautū rāua ko Rakihouia ki Horomaka. Koinei ngā whenua o ō rāua uri, te iwi o Waitaha. I te tau 1948 ka tangohia tēnei whakaahua ki Wairewa kei te tonga o Horomaka. Kei te whakairi tuna te tangata nei kia maroke.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Tourist and Publicity Department Collection

Reference: 1/2-040042; F

by K. V. Bigwood

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Canoes of the South Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2371/te-mahi-tuna-ki-wairewa-lake-forsyth (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.