A Basket of Eels (Dragons in Aotearoa) Oceania Lore

This story is a chapter from a book on Maori Fairy myths published in 1925. I have yet to confirm the authenticity of the retelling of the story I was able to confirm the existence both the location and the tribe spoken of in this legend.
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