00.00 - End: Te Kete Ika a Rakaihautu. Other names for Lake Ellesmere are Waihora and Te Kete Ika a Tutekawa. Tutekawa was killed at Waikakahi.
Food resources of the lake:
Aua (herring) - very alike mullet, but without the eye colour.
Piharau/kanakana - lamprey, found in streams.
Koura (kewai) - caught at a place called Kumukumuwhero. These springs give off a red discharge, but no eels are found here.
Patiki - different kinds of flounder found, namely the common patiki, with a white underbelly, and white-grey on top. Commonly called 'three corners' because of the shape of its fins.
Patiki-totara, or the yellow-belly, with grey colouring on top. Elliptical in shape.
Patiki-mohoao, black-coloured flounder, bigger in shape than other varieties and richer in taste. Sole or sea flounder.
Albino flounder, now said to be extinct, a special delicacy in times of old.
Tunaheke - migratory species of eel. Changes shape and doesn't eat in preparation for migration to the sea.
Tunahou - a class of tunaheke.
September is the time when migratory eels return to the lake.
Herehorowai - black eel, with a jelly-like texture.
Koreoma - a long, thin eel, ideal for smoking, without needing to pawhera.
Matamoe - eels which remain hidden in weed, ideal for pawhera.
Kuwaha - few of this type of eel to be found in lake. Said to be a senile or old type of eel. Grey colouring, and said to weigh up to 40lb +.
Mairehe - a dark, heavy-skinned eel.