LAW OF TAPU.
freezing works closed. SEQUEL TO A TRAGEDY. Although the Jaw of tapu was in the past a very strong force in the lives and customs of the Maoris, it would hardly be thought in these days that it could be the menus of stopping an industry and (losing down works. Such is the case, howovci, at the Chatham Islands, where the freezing work's at Kaingaroa have been closed owing to an adjoining fishing ground being declared tapu. This tapu is because of the loss during the winter last, year of a launch with 11 Maoris—most of them fishermen —who met their deaths in the vicinity. That portion of the sea was declared tapu, and this will remain for about another 18 months, when the tapu will he lifted. In the meantime nothing can induce the islanders to fish there. The other fishing ground and tho freezing works at Owenga are, however, carrying on as usual.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21131, 14 March 1932, Page 10
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