Story: Te hopu tuna – eeling
Page 11. All images & media
From page 1 - Origins and types of tuna – eels
From page 2 - Pā tuna – eel weirs
From page 3 - Hīnaki – eel pots
From page 4 - Torches, nets and spears
From page 5 - Bobbing, feeling and striking
From page 6 - Catching piharau – lampreys
From page 7 - Cooking, preserving and storing eels
From page 8 - Eel migrations – heke tuna
From page 9 - A personal account of eeling
How to cite this page
Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/8562/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Basil Keane, published 24 September 2007.