Story: Canterbury region
A Māori couple prepare and cook a catch of eels from Wairewa (Lake Forsyth). The wetlands of Canterbury were once a rich source of food for the Ngāi Tahu people. They gathered eels at places such as Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) and Wairewa (Lake Forsyth). These lakes survived the impact of European settlement, but other Canterbury wetlands were drained to create farmland.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection
Reference: 1/2-040041; F
Photograph by K. V. Bigwood
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
