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Story: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

Produce at a hui

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Produce at a hui

Traditionally seafood, along with other provisions, was offered at large hui (gatherings). This group was photographed at Whanganui in the 1800s, standing round piles of produce and a rack of cloaks.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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by William James Harding

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Mere Whaanga, Mātaitai – shellfish gathering – Traditional patterns of harvest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8108/produce-at-a-hui (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 2 March 2009.