Saving longfin eels, Bay of PlentyTe tiaki tuna taramutu-roa, Waiariki

Bill Kerrison is a true kaitiaki of tuna in New Zealand. When he was young he saw hundreds of tuna die in a dam, he's been trying to protect them ever since.

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He tino kaitiaki a Bill Kerrison o ngā tuna ki Aotearoa. I a ia e tamariki ana i kite ia i ngā tuna maha e mate ana i tētahi pāpuni, ā, mai anō i taua wā kua whakapau kaha ia ki te tiaki i ngā tuna.

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