Story: Te hopu tuna – eeling All images & media From page 1 – Origins and types of tuna – eels Māui fighting Tuna Shortfin eels (1st of 2) Longfin eel (2nd of 2) Ngōiro (conger eel) Tuere (hagfish) Para (frostfish) From page 2 – Pā tuna – eel weirs Pā tuna (eel weir) Model eel weir (1st of 2) Pā tauremu (2nd of 2) Three-fence eel weir (1st of 2) Pā auroa eel weir (2nd of 2) Pā tuna (eel weir) Roadside Stories: Whanganui River From page 3 – Hīnaki – eel pots Hīnaki (eel pots) Hīnaki waharua Bait pots Making a hīnaki From page 4 – Torches, nets and spears Hoop nets Eel spears From page 5 – Bobbing, feeling and striking ‘Catching the legendary eel at Tangahoe’ Eels at Wairewa Patu tuna From page 6 – Catching piharau – lampreys Piharau (lamprey) Utu piharau (lamprey weir) Utu piharau (lamprey weir) From page 7 – Cooking, preserving and storing eels Eels in a smoking chamber Eel fillets drying Korotete (eel cage) Para lagoon From page 8 – Eel migrations – heke tuna Lakes Wairarapa and Ōnoke Eeling, Lake Wairarapa Ditches, Wairewa Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) From page 9 – A personal account of eeling Catching eels
