Fletcher. -Z;V/6Z. Fish, d-c, of Taupo-nui-o-Tia. 



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Art. XXYL--The Edible Fish, &c., of Taupo-nui-a-m. 

 By the Eev. H. J. Fletcher, Taupo. 



{Read before the Wellington PhihsopUcal Society, 18th December, 1918 ■ received bv 

 Eddor, 31st December, 1918; issued separately, 16th July, l9iy.^ "^ ^^ 



For the purposes of this paper we use the name Taupo-nui-a-Tia as 



describing Lake Taupo and its watershed. It includes the iX and aTl 



the streams running into it, the Poutu Stream, Roto-a-Ira and the st earns 



running into it. The area is a very large one. It extends from he wX 



hed between the Rangitikei and Whaiigaehu Rivers, which flow toTvards' 



the west coast of the ^orth Island, and the sources of the WaiWo pTver 



which flow into the Taupo Lake, on to some distance bej 'ond t^L '^rthern 



end of the lake, a distance from north to south of over sLty m es From 



ea.st to west it extends from the summits of the Kaimaiawa Rmoe^r 



Hauhungaroa and Hurakia Ranges, a distance of about fifi; .."f Its 



area would be reckoned at about 2,000 square miles 



Ihroughout the whole of this laro-e aren fliP ppI +1..+ 

 valuable f„oc, to Maons ■„ othe- nt^?: tZZ d '« ts ^Tj^^Zl 

 mfcnown. There are stories of large eels ha^i,,., been caiwht in P^^ o T '^ 

 m days gone by. but „one for ma„; years past. ' S„2 ™„ are C™t' 

 to haye seen an eel m the Toka-am, Stream nnite reeentk hnt it Si 

 caught. Eels are caught in the small stream! n^nn^Tt'l^tXZZ 

 nui R ver which have then- source on the slopes of fonearir^ Whanga 



a,,ve to Taupo and liberated with XTdl^'orsSi^lg"!: Tat 'Tt 

 sad that some members of the Armed Constabulary cau.ht some eels in 

 a ributary of the Mohaka and liberated them m Roto-ngS[„ TZ^lke 

 that «npties itself into Taupo. Of course, all such aftempts Siln 



The fish &.C., caught in various ways and used .as food are known „„/l^,. 



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KOKOPU. 



fe m? I'^madTtrX tttoZ t^Jn If t^Z ""l^e'' ^'' °' ^^ 



could be gathered in au^tied fast T^ n ''i""™ "t" '"'«^'' '" «'''* '^ 

 of emptying the net On the t i , ^f"''' '"' ™"«^ ^°' ^^^ Pu^-pose 

 fastened'^a/baTt Is the VotXwas for "'' T' '"""''' '""'' "="^'""y 

 tW-p,y plait was ^..^.TS^ ^r^^Jt^: ^1:1 



