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Kōrero: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

Te whakamahi i te kapu

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Using a kapu

E tūohu ana te tangata nei I tōna waka me te whakamahi i tana kapu ki te hopu kākahi. I tangohia tēnei whakaāhua ki Rotoiti i te tīmatanga o te rau tau 1900. He whakairo tō te kapu nei.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-f-179-51-2

by Thomas Pringle

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

Mere Whaanga, Mātaitai – shellfish gathering – Mussels, oysters, toheroa and other species, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8103/te-whakamahi-i-te-kapu (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mere Whaanga, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.