letsgetem wrote: If non-Maori did this, it would have been closed down long ago. |
corosanta wrote:
As long as we have different laws for different cultures, this problem will always exist. |
Steps wrote: Yep as a kid most of the west coast around Auckland...had to find the patches thu.. would go up the beach with a few buckets. Damn biggest 'tuatua' ever saw.. and a tuatua for the bucket back then 2 / 2 1/2" plus.  And a few other feeds when the old man  and m8s came home from a kon tiki/ surf cast.  I cant remember having any after intermediate school.  Last time had tua tua was the  Mangawhai heads late 60s.. The other day a local mature adult brought over some ...my jaw dropped.. not much bigger than a large thumb nail.. really?? A double handful, once shucked  didnt cover a slice of bread.  He said that's the norm for his generation... If tua tua are like that then they need protecting now as well..  Sry I could not  bring myself to pick something that small off a beach.. supermarket cockles are a disgrace to even harvest that size... |
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