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communistic days nobody went empty away, but, at the same time, a 

 distinction was made in favour of the workers. One man usually doled 

 out the fish in double handfuls. He had to be a just man who would not 

 unduly favour his own relatives. More was given to the women of those 

 who had got wet skins through working. The phase used was, Engari 

 tena ; he kiri maku (That one is right ; a wet skin). On the other hand, 

 when the womenfolk of a non-worker approached with their baskets the 

 cry was, Hirangi, hirangi ; he kiri maroke. Hirangi means "not deep," 

 hence the significance of the phrase is easily understood : " Not deep, not 

 deep ; a dry skin." 



In netting inanga the large canoe which carried the net was called 

 waka ula kwpenga (the canoe which carries the net). This phrase was 

 used for people of some importance. On the other hand, there were often 

 small canoes towed along, into which the fish were emptied from the net. 

 These canoes were used for fish alone, and were called waka kaitiiti. The 

 name was often applied to persons of no importance. 



Uhu and Waro, chiefs of the Ngati-Whakaue, were one day looking 

 at a good catch of inanga where the few live fish on the surface were 

 jumping about on the mass of dead ones below. One of them observed 

 to the other, Kia pena pea taua mo te riri (Would that we were like that in 

 battle). Their warlike spirit aspired to be leaping hither and thither over 

 the heap of dead, slain by their prowess. 



(3.) Paepae, or Dredge-net. 



The paepae is a net that is dredged along the bottom to catch koura. 

 In Bulletin No. 2 of the Dominion Museum there is one shown in fig. 64 

 and fig. 78. In fig. 78 Hamilton calls it a " roukoura, or dredge-net, from 

 Rotorua." The Arawa people of Rotorua call this net a paepae, never 

 a roukoura. Rou means " to reach or procure by means of a stick or pole " : 

 there is no pole used with this net, hence the name is inapplicable. 



The paepae derives its name from the lower beam of the frame which 

 carries the bag net. The one I saw in use was 10 ft. long and 4 in. wide 

 by 1| in. thick. The upper edges were rounded off. The timber used 

 is manuka or maire. Holes are bored through to support the uprights, 

 to be described later. Good paepae are carved at either end and midway, 

 and sometimes half-way between these points. 



The whitiwhiti is an arched rod of manuka inserted at each end into 

 holes in the ends of the paepae beam. The paepae and whitiwhiti frame 

 the opening of the net. To strenghten the whitiwhiti a number of 

 uprights are let into the holes bored in the paepae and, passing behind the 

 whitiwhiti, are firmly lashed to it. The pouwaenga, as its name implies, 

 is the middle upright. It is stouter and stronger than the others, as the 

 main rope is fastened to it when the net is being hauled. It is also 

 grasped when lifting the net into the canoe. The measurements of these 

 uprights are shown in the diagram. About 2 ft. 3| in. on either side of 

 the pouwaenga are the uprights named tangitangi. They are fixed in the 

 same way as the pouwaenga, but are not so stout. In the angle between 

 them and the lower beam, on the outer side, stone punga, or sinkers, are 

 attached to the tangitangi. Six inches from either end of the lower beam 

 are short uprights slanting outwards but fixed in the same manner as the 

 preceding. They are named punga, because stone punga are attached to 

 them, as shown in the diagram. Side ropes are also attached to them 

 a,nd led to the main rope, to which they are tied. 



