Story: Te mahi kai – food production economics
This picture shows Māori at Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound), around 1788. Some have been out fishing – one person is stringing fish together, and another is carrying a string of fish. Fishing activities were often large scale. Large numbers of people were required to make nets and then catch thousands of fish.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-098-015
Aquatint by John Webber
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