2. (verb) to catch kehe fish - by driving them with a pole along channels in the rocks into a net held by a second person.
Kāre hoki e pai tēnei pō mō ngā mahi rama i ngā kai o te pō. Pēnei i te rama pāpaka, i te kōkō kehe, i te rama tuna rānei i roto i ngā awa (WT 2013:21). / However, this night was not a good time to hunt for food by torchlight, like crabs; or netting for kehe or eels in the streams and rivers.
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