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Fisheries Timeline from Unit 5

Measuring a crayfish potPhotographed at Waiapu on the North Island’s East Coast, Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa), the Ngāti Mutunga anthropologist, measures a tāruke kōura (crayfish pot) with two kaumātua (elders).

Kaimoana ban sought on Taranaki coast covered by rāhui Clashes have occurred between those breaching a rāhui on gathering shellfish and rangatahi trying to enforce it.

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Te hī ika – Māori fishingTraditional fishing was both a practical and a spiritual activity. There were many ingenious methods and tools, from complex calendars to iridescent lures and woven traps. But fish were also seen as the descendants of Tangaroa, god of the sea. Rituals and talismans were an important way to ensure...

Fisheries Management - New Plymouth Sportfishing and Underwater Club

Debate about the foreshore and seabedIn 2003 the Court of Appeal ruled that the Māori Land Court had jurisdiction to determine whether or not the foreshore and seabed of New Zealand had the status of Māori customary land. This inspired heated public debate, revealing that both Māori and Pākehā had strong feelings about the ...

Taranaki Rāhui Supported By Government As Kaimoana Stocks Under Threat - New Zealand Surf JournalThe Government has banned collection of kaimoana from 70km of the Taranaki coast, supporting a rāhui that hapū placed on the area in January.

Taranaki rāhui may get council backingNew Plymouth district councillors will consider supporting a two-year ban on collecting kaimoana along the coast to the south of the city.

European contact and impactMany early European arrivals in New Zealand noted the teeming fish in coastal waters and commented on Māori expertise and industry in fishing. James Cook, when comparing these skills to those on his ship, wrote in 1773: ‘[W]e were by no means such expert fishers as them, nor were any of ...

Fisheries management and practiceSettlements: 1989 and 1992 Māori are the largest group in the New Zealand fisheries, controlling over a third of the industry. This is primarily due to two Waitangi Tribunal settlements: a 1989 interim agreement that awarded Māori 10% of the ...

Foreshore and seabed protest, 2004In 2004 issues of kāwanatanga dominated New Zealand's political discourse. The Labour-led government passed legislation declaring that the country's foreshore and seabed were Crown-owned. Many, especially Māori, believed this legislation breached fundamental rights guaranteed under the ...

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