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Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing

Making a net

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Making a net

In the early stages of constructing a kupenga (net), loops are made on a supporting stand. In this instance, the mesh was being gauged by the anthropologist Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-038203; F

by W. R. Reynolds

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Paul Meredith, Te hī ika – Māori fishing – Traditional practices, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6810/making-a-net (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Meredith, published 2 March 2009.