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Sea-eggs, or kina, are not everybody's dish. But most Maoris can get keen on Kina— keen enough, it would appear from these pictures, to spend long hours on the rock shelf at Kaiti Beach, a mile from Gisborne, probing shallow pools in search of the delicacy.
On a recent Saturday morning our camera recorded these scenes on the rock shelf, which is uncovered at low tide. Girls in lower picture said they had no great liking for kina, but enjoyed the fun of looking for them. Soon they had the cameraman poking round under ledges.

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Incoming tide quickly covers rock shelf. A view looking along the coast towards Gisborne.

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Smiling girl carries full sack of kina up beach.

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Young Maoris display sea-eggs for camera, included pet lamb for effect. "Photo News" was told sea-eggs are good source of iodine. They are soaked in water to lessen salt content, then baked over embers. Spiny case is removed, and yellowish interior is said to taste pretty good—if you have the right kind of taste.