In the mid-1900s there were significant toheroa populations which were extensively harvested both recreationally and for sale. However, they underwent a massive decline, leading to a total ban apart from the occasional open day. These harvesters were searching for their limit of 10 on an open day. By the 2000s, even these opportunities had ceased and the only harvesting was strictly controlled by tangata whenua (local Māori).
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
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EP/1969/4132A/36
Photograph by Craig Simcox
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