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Kōrero: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

He rā tuwhera mō te mahi toheroa

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Toheroa open day

Inā te pāmamao o ngā one toheroa i hukea ake mō te hoko i te pokapūtanga o te rau tau ka pahure. Otiia nō te pau monemone haeretanga ka rāhuitia kia kotahi rā anake i te tau ka tukuna ai te tangata ki te kari toheroa. 10 anake ngā toheroa ka taea e te hunga nei ki tēnei o ērā rā. Nō te mano tau 2000 ka whakakorehia ēnei rā kia toitū anake ko te mana o te tangata whenua ki te hauhake toheroa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1969/4132A/36

by Craig Simcox

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

Mere Whaanga, Mātaitai – shellfish gathering – Mussels, oysters, toheroa and other species, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8121/he-ra-tuwhera-mo-te-mahi-toheroa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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