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Traditional harvesting of tītī

Traditional Māori harvesting of tītī (sooty shearwaters).

Māori in Foveaux Strait have practised traditional harvesting of tītī (sooty shearwaters) for hundreds of years.

Image: ‘Splitting and preparing muttonbirds for the market’, Otago Witness 11 May 1910, p.48. Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago.

Rights: Hocken Collection

Published: 28 February 2023Size: 1.19 MB

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