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Brad Parkes and Sha

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Brad Parkes and Sha

Wellington duck hunter Brad Parkes stands outside his maimai with his dog Sha on opening morning in 1993. They had bagged two mallards and were looking forward to the evening’s shooting. A keen hunter, Brad had published his book Gamebird hunting in New Zealand the previous year.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-New Zealand-Recreation-Hunting and Shooting-01

by Phil Reid

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Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, Duck shooting – Equipment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17124/brad-parkes-and-sha (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, published 1 March 2009.