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Mr Tuna

For more than quarter of a century, Bill Kerrison has been working tirelessly to help save our native longfin eels (tuna in te Reo).

A skin mount of an eel above Bill's desk.

Above Bill’s desk sit the skin mounts of a shortfin and longfin eel. Both were causalities of the Aniwhenua dam.

Bill Kerrison in his study.

Bill Kerrison with a 28 kg longfin eel caught at the Aniwhenua Dam in 2011 and relocated below the Rangitaiki’s power stations.

Bill’s New Zealand River Story Award, presented by the Morgan Foundation in 2014.

Bill Kerrison demonstrating his elver trap. Warm water siphoned off from the power station attracts the elvers up a race and into a holding tank.

Bill Kerrison demonstrating his elver trap. Warm water siphoned off from the power station attracts the elvers up a race and into a holding tank.

Bill Kerrison demonstrating his elver trap. Warm water siphoned off from the power station attracts the elvers up a race and into a holding tank.

Bill Kerrison on the bank of the Rangitaiki River.

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