Story: Stewart Island/Rakiura

Fishing for blue cod, 1958

This film clip shows men fishing for blue cod near Port Adventure, on the east coast of Stewart Island, in 1958.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: Portrait of Southland. National Film Unit, 1958

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Carl Walrond, 'Stewart Island/Rakiura - History and society since the 1850s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/37638/fishing-for-blue-cod-1958 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, updated 1 May 2015