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==In a human context== [[File:An exhibit of cod by one of the colony's big customers (1907) (cropped).jpg|thumb|A display of smoked blue cod in [[Melbourne]], Victoria (1907)]] Rāwaru was a valued traditional food for [[Māori people|Māori]] who lived in the [[South Island]], where the fish is more abundant.<ref name="Secrets">{{citeq|Q114871191|pp=148-153}}</ref> Heads of rāwaru (''P. colias'', blue cod) were often given back to the sea as offerings to the god [[Tangaroa|Maru]] before Māori return from fishing.<ref name="Best" >{{cite journal| last1=Best | first1=E. |year=1929 |title=Fishing methods and devices of the Maori | journal=Dominion Museum Bulletin}}</ref> The fish was an important species to early European settlers in New Zealand as a food source, and by the 1910s became even more popular in [[Australia]], leading to the growth of the blue cod fishing industry in [[Southland Region|Southland]].<ref name="Secrets"/>
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