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Kōrero: Te hī ika – Māori fishing

Matau (hooks)

Fish hooks

He matau ēnei, i mahia mai i te kōiwi, te rākau, te anga pāua.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: I.006400

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Meredith, Te hī ika – Māori fishing – Tools, grounds and methods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/6802/matau-hooks (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.