Mōkau, whitebait capital – Roadside Stories 2011

The Mōkau River is famed as a source of whitebait — the juvenile forms of native freshwater fish, often made into delicious fritters. In the 1830s it was the site of a trick by the migrating Ngāti Toa tribe, who lit many fires and dressed their women as chiefs to make their party appear larger and scare off pursuers.

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Credit: Manatu Taonga