Ka whakatauhia te rāhui i ngā wā e tūpuhi ana te kaimoana, inā rānei ka toremi he tangata. I ō mua wā ka tokona te pou rāhui hei whakaatu i te wāhi. Ka whakairia ki runga i te pou nei he rimurimu, he kākahu rānei nō taua tangata i toremi (Te Ara 2014). / Rāhui are imposed at times when the seafood was depleted, or when a person drowned. In earlier times a rāhui post was stuck in the ground to indicate the area. Seaweed was hung on the post, or a piece of clothing of the person who had drowned.

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