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Story: Recreational sea fishing

‘The sportsman’s paradise’

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‘The sportsman’s paradise’

This poster was created by artist Harry Rountree in the 1920s, and the image was also used in a series of tourist stamps issued around 1935. It was probably part of a promotional drive by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office to lure overseas anglers to the Bay of Islands.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1925-01

by Harry Rountree

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

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Carl Walrond, Recreational sea fishing – Big-game fishing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/7811/the-sportsmans-paradise (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.