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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Whārangi 9: He kōrero mō te hī tuna

What's your story?

Group of men on porch holding up two enormous eels. A boy sits in front

Catching eels

This eeling party from about 1910 poses with their catch. Harry McKee told his son this story of eeling in 1920s Taranaki.

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Ki mua Whai muri: Whārangi 10. Hononga, rauemi nō waho Whai muri

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – He kōrero mō te hī tuna, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/te-hopu-tuna/page-9 (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 22 September 2012.