FISHING GROUNDS
ONLY OLD MAORIS KNEW
KNOWLEDGE MAY BE LOST-
For centuries the fishing grounds of the Tawaparo Block, on Mahia Peninsula (East Coast), have provided the Maoris with a large proportion of their food. The fishing reefs are known to the older na-» lives, and are picked up by bearings from marks on the peninsula.
The fear that this knowledge might die with the older Maoris was expressed last year, and it was suggested that the commissioner, Mr J. S. Jessop, should purchase a fishing boat to locate the numerous reefs ond fishing grounds.
The commissioner had a boat built in Auckland, and it arrived at Waikokopu just before the New Year, after which it was taken to Tuahatu pa. The boat, which was named Hikairo, after the tribal! ancestor, has been in constant use by the Maoris, who are catching good supplies of fish. It has been proposed to specially treat some of this fish for fhe Maoris on service overseas.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 19, 20 February 1942, Page 5
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163FISHING GROUNDS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 19, 20 February 1942, Page 5
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