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These whales have been caught at Te Kaha. In the sound clip, Matekino Wharemate recalls his time there. An elder taught him how to tell when the whale oil in the trypot was ready: by spitting into the oil. If the oil was not ready, the spittle would settle. If it was ready, the spittle would sizzle.
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Image: New Zealand Herald, by Canon Pahewa, Weekly News, 8 August 1912
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