1. (noun) eel weir, eel trap.
Ko te nuinga o ngā momo pā tuna he pā tauremu - arā, e rua ngā taiapa ka whāiti haere kia rere ai ngā tuna ki roto i te hīnaki (Te Ara 2016). / Most pā tuna were pā tauremu – that is they had two fences that gradually narrowed funnelling the eels into a hīnaki.
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