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Kōrero: Sharks and rays

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Natural history of sharks and rays

Great white shark catch

Great white shark catch

Shark, ray and chimaera species in New Zealand waters

Shark, ray and chimaera species in New Zealand waters

New species of chimaera

New species of chimaera

An extinct shark

An extinct shark

Fossilised shark teeth

Fossilised shark teeth

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Māori and sharks

Māngōroa

A Māori proverb

A Māori proverb

Drying sharks on Rangitoto Island

Drying sharks on Rangitoto Island

Mako teeth

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Sharks as food

Shark product exports, 2004

Shark product exports, 2004

Shark for the table

Shark for the table (1 o 2)

Rig shark

Rig shark (2 o 2)

Spiny dogfish

School shark

Elephant fish

Shark vertebra

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Deep-sea and unusual sharks

Goblin shark

Jaws of a cookie-cutter shark

Jaws of a cookie-cutter shark

Whale shark

Basking shark

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Other types of shark

Thresher shark

Thresher shark (1 o 2)

Record-beating thresher shark

Record-beating thresher shark (2 o 2)

Great white sharks hunting

Great white sharks hunting

Mako shark

Zane Grey with a mako shark

Zane Grey with a mako shark

Blue shark

Hammerhead shark

Hammerhead shark

Bronze whaler shark

Bronze whaler shark

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Shark attacks

Recorded shark attacks in New Zealand to 2014

Recorded shark attacks in New Zealand to 2014

Seals at Shag Point

Seals at Shag Point

Great white shark taking bait

Great white shark taking bait

Subantarctic shark attack

Subantarctic shark attack

Laying shark nets

Laying shark nets

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Sharks under siege

Shark fins

Shark fishing

Record shark catches

Record shark catches

Health products

Health products

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Rays and skates

A swimming ray

Electric ray

Skate egg cases

Skate egg cases

Long-tail stingray

Long-tail stingray

Eagle ray

Spinetail devil ray

Spinetail devil ray

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Gerard Hutching, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/sharks-and-rays/media (accessed 8 June 2023)

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006