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Te hopu tuna – eeling

• 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

• Further Sources