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Kōrero: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

Ngā putahanga o ngā wai marangai

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Stormwater outfall

Kua roa nei te Māori e āwangawanga ana ki te putanga atu o ngā wai marangai me ngā parakaingaki ki te moana, otirā, ki ngā wāhi e kohia ana te kaimoana. Kei Taputeranga, ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara tēnei tohu whakatūpato e mea ana kia kaua e hari, e kai rānei i te mātaitai o taua wāhi.

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by Leanne Tamaki

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Mere Whaanga, Mātaitai – shellfish gathering – Customary harvest and conservation today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8114/nga-putahanga-o-nga-wai-marangai (accessed 4 June 2026).

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