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Although the law of tapu was m the past a very strong force m't.e lives of the customs of the Maoris, is would hardly be thought that in these days it could be the means of stopping an industry and closing down the a works. Such is the case, however, at the Chatham Islands, where the freezing works at Kaingaroa, have closed down owing to the adjoining fishing grounds being declared tapu. This tapu is because of the loss during the winter last year of a launch with elevn Maoris, most of them fishermen, who met their death in the vicinity. That portion of the sea was declared tapu, and this will remain for about another eighteen months, when the tapu will |,<v lifted. In the meantime nothing can induce the Islanders to fish there. The other fishing-ground and the freezing works at Owengn are, however, carrying on.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1932, Page 6
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150LATE LOCALS Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1932, Page 6
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