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Māori fishing (1st of 3)

Māori fishing

Māori fish in the sea in Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound) in the early 1800s. Fishing activities were often carried out on a large scale by whānau and hapū.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-098-015
Aquatint by John Webber

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Basil Keane. 'Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 28-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/te-maori-i-te-ohanga-maori-in-the-economy/1/3/1