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Te hopu tuna – eeling
A personal account of eeling
Catching eels
Harry McKee told his son this story of eeling in 1920s Taranaki.
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Origins and types of tuna – eels
Pā tuna – eel weirs
Hīnaki – eel pots
Torches, nets and spears
Bobbing, feeling and striking
Catching piharau – lampreys
Cooking, preserving and storing eels
Eel migrations – heke tuna
A personal account of eeling
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Bush trams and other log transport
Horticultural use of native plants
Kauri gum and gum digging
Logging native forests
Plant extracts
Rongoā – medicinal use of plants
Te ngahere – forest lore
Te tāhere manu – bird catching
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