Te matau a Maui: fishhooks, fishing and fisheries in New Zealand
Maker and role
Chris Paulin, Author
Production date
2016
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2017-82.13
Maker
Description
Te nui o te ika: an abundance of fishes -- Whakarapopoto: summary -- Whawhetai: acknowledgements -- Kupu whakataki: introduction -- Rourou kopaki: the Maori food-basket -- hianga,: catching fish -- Matau: traditional hooks -- Pa: trolling lures -- Kupenga: nets -- Ritenga: ceremonies and fishing activities -- Whakatapeha: artefact manufacture and trading -- Papa Tongawera: the European collections -- Taiao: fisheries conservation -- Mana tangata: fishing rights.
"Te Matau a Maui discusses the form and function of the traditional Maori fishhook, customary fishing, and development of commercial fishing in New Zealand since European settlement (including the adoption of the "rotating hook" design as a re-discovery of the innovative and highly effective Maori hook design by present day commercial long-line fisheries), and changes in Maori lifestyle associated with the increasing availability of European agricultural cultivars and domestic animals in the nineteenth century, and urbanisation in the twentieth century that led to a decline in Maori fishing activity and the loss of indigenous knowledge" - Publisher information.
"Te Matau a Maui discusses the form and function of the traditional Maori fishhook, customary fishing, and development of commercial fishing in New Zealand since European settlement (including the adoption of the "rotating hook" design as a re-discovery of the innovative and highly effective Maori hook design by present day commercial long-line fisheries), and changes in Maori lifestyle associated with the increasing availability of European agricultural cultivars and domestic animals in the nineteenth century, and urbanisation in the twentieth century that led to a decline in Maori fishing activity and the loss of indigenous knowledge" - Publisher information.
Media/Materials
Physical description
232 pages : illustrations, photographs (some colour) : 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780473328696
Credit line
Chris Paulin. 2016. Te matau a Maui: fishhooks, fishing and fisheries in New Zealand, PUB-2017-82.13. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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