Story: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

Gathering pipi

These people are gathering shellfish at the outlet of the Manawatū river, near Foxton.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Adkin Collection

Reference: PA1-f-005-424

by George Leslie Adkin

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Mere Whaanga, Mātaitai – shellfish gathering – Archaeological evidence, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8101/gathering-pipi (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 2 March 2009.