Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing

More links and websites

• Ngāi Tahu Sea Fisheries Report 1992 – Waitangi Tribunal

  The 1992 Waitangi Tribunal Ngāi Tahu fisheries report (Wai 27).

• Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Muriwhenua Fishing Claim

  The 1988 Waitangi Tribunal Muriwhenua Fishing Report (Wai 22).

• Te Ohu Kaimoana

  Te Ohu Kaimoana is a statutory organisation which oversees and promotes Māori interests in the marine environment. The site presents the Māori Fisheries Act 2004 and information on the sustainable use of fisheries.

• Welcome to Aotea Harbour

  Developed by Moana Rahui o Aotea Inc., this site includes information on the traditional preparation of fish.

More suggestions and sources

• Best, Elsdon. Fishing methods and devices of the Maori. Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1929.

• Buck, Peter. ‘Fishing’. In The coming of the Maori. Wellington: Maori Purposes Fund Board, 1950.

• Hohepa, Bill. How to catch fish, and where. Auckland: Sporting Press, 1997.

• Ngata, P. ‘Nga mahi hi ika a te Maori.’ Te Maori 2, no. 1 (December 1970–January 1971): 13.