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Whanganui Māori fishing nets

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Whanganui Māori fishing nets

The arrival of tourism was a threat to traditional uses of the river, especially harvesting eels. These nets and eel pot (foreground) were photographed on an expedition up the river in 1921.

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David Young, Whanganui tribes – The 20th and 21st centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2190/whanganui-maori-fishing-nets (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Young, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.