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Piri's Tiki Tour - Tolaga Bay (First Episode)
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2018
The East Coast's stunning Tolaga Bay/Ūawa is the setting of the very first Piri's Tiki Tour, which celebrates hunter-gatherers in Māori communities. This week, former All Black Piri Weepu (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tahu) compares his skills against father and kaimoana-gatherer Richard Meihana (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe). The awa (river) and moana (sea) is plentiful when Meihana teaches Weepu how to gather crayfish and freshwater mussels — whilst Meihana's children swim and play around them. Weepu, a te reo Māori speaker, also learns of Meihana's whakapapa and the history of the area, including Cook's Cove.
Well, I'm in the beautiful Tolaga Bay, East Coast. I'm pretty excited! One of the bros is gonna take us out, find some kaimoana . . . Apparently you can get mussels in the river, never done that before...– Presenter Piri Weepu introduces this episode
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Acknowledgements
Made with funding from Te Māngai Pāho
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