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Story: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Pā tauremu

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Pā tauremu

This tuna or eel weir is of the tauremu type. tauremu had two fences on either side, leading into a net attached to a hīnaki (eel pot). They were used during eel migrations when the eels headed downstream in large numbers.

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Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – Pā tuna – eel weirs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/13970/pa-tauremu (accessed 28 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 2 March 2009.