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Kōrero: Shellfish

Pāua diver

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Pāua diver

This diver is about to prise a pāua shell from coastal rocks around Stewart Island. The pāua is New Zealand’s largest herbivorous snail. Belonging to the abalone group of shellfish, pāua are one of the most popular seafoods in New Zealand.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

by Steve Mercer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Shellfish – Sea snails, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8016/paua-diver (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.