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Children fishing

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Children fishing

Fishing appealed to men, women and children. Pauline and Mary Palmer, from Hawke’s Bay, display the trout they caught in Lake Taupō in 1924. The distinctive profile of Tauhara can be seen in the background.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – The lure of trout, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15164/children-fishing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.