Biophysical science currently recognises three eel species that occur in New Zealand – the endemic longfin (Anguilla dieffenbachii), the shortfin (Anguilla australis) and the Australian …

Tuna or freshwater eels are a very significant, widely-valued, heavily-exploited, culturally iconic mahinga kai resource. Common name: Freshwater eel Scientific names: Anguilla dieffenbachii …

Tuna (the Māori word for eels) are not only historically important to Māori, they are our taonga today. But pressure on some species is resulting in their decline.

The longfin eel, known locally as tuna, is one of the largest eels in the world. They are a truly remarkable fish, able to travel overland for up to 2 days by breathing through their skin. During …

The word tuna refers to eels – specifically freshwater eels. In some contexts it can also refer to conger eels and other fish that look like eels. Tuna were an important food for Māori – …

Eel diagram - look how hard it is to be a tuna! Shaded images behind the tuna are the barriers or pressures that tuna face throughout their life cycle e.g. drop culverts, dams, predation, human …

Tuna kuwharuwharu (longfin eels) are of great significance to Maori culturally, nutritionally and economically. Eels are a significant mahinga kai (food) for Maori, although the dwindling …

They are some of New Zealand’s largest native fish living in freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams; with the longfin eels growing up to two metres long and weighing 25 kilograms.

When the migrants or tuna heke are ready to begin their long migration, some of their features change to help them on their journey. Leptochephalii of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica. …

In one tradition, a giant eel called Tuna frightened the demigod Māui’s wives. To punish Tuna, Māui cut him in half. One half turned into the conger eel, which lives in the sea. The other half …