Kua pae tēnei te kupenga o ngā kaumātua ki uta, i kukume ai i roto i ngā tau maha ka taha ki muri. Mate atu he rārangi kaumātua, tū ake he rārangi kaumātua, pupuri tonu i te taura whakamārō o te tahatū o te kupenga me te karihi (TPH 15/4/1901:1). / This fishing net of the elders that has reached the shore was dragged along in the many years that have passed. Ranks of elders have died and others have replaced them and they have continued to hold onto the stretched rope of the upper edge of the net and the sinker.

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