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Fishing at Lake Ferry

Fishing at Lake Ferry

Fishing at Lake Ferry

A group prepares for a fishing trip at Lake Ferry, around the 1920s. The coastal settlement, at the mouth of Lake Ōnoke, is still a popular spot for surfcasting. Lake Ōnoke remains an important Māori eel fishery, although eel numbers have decreased considerably.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-047475; G
Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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