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Using a kite

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Using a kite

Two kite fishermen on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, demonstrate their technique. The kite takes the baited hook out to sea, pulling the line off the reel in the foreground. This allows the men to get their bait much further out than casting with a rod.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 5 May 2005

by Chris Skelton

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Carl Walrond, Recreational sea fishing – Other recreational fishing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7851/using-a-kite (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.