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Story: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce

Catching eels (1st of 2)

Catching eels

Three men pull in a hīnaki (eel pot) from a tuna (eel weir) known as a pā auroa, which was used in the Whanganui region.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-076-021
Watercolour by Thomas William Downes

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 rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 28-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/te-rangai-mahi-maori-in-the-workforce/1/2/1