Story: Te hopu tuna – eeling
These eels have been hung out to dry at Wairewa (Lake Forsyth). Wairewa was an important source of eels for South Island Māori. Eels were caught in hīnaki (eel pots), or by using a bob made of noke waiū (big white worms), split flax and rushes (wīwī).
Listen to Riki Ellison from the Ngāi Tahu tribe talk about eeling.
Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero (Te Puna Wai Korero/Reference number DAT 876)
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tourist and Publicity Department Collection
Reference: 1/2-040042; F
Photograph by K. V. Bigwood
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