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Story: Whitebait and whitebaiting

Picnickers with net

Picnickers with net

A group enjoys a hot drink on the banks of the Taieri River in Otago, in 1926. The man is balancing a scoop net across his shoulders. They appear to be occasional whitebaiters rather than the hardened types who spend days on end waiting for whitebait to run.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, A. P. Godber Collection
Reference: APG-1579-1/2-G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber

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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Carl Walrond. 'Whitebait and whitebaiting', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
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