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Kōrero: English

Pig hunting, 1876

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Pig hunting, 1876

Many English immigrants liked to think of New Zealand as a ‘better Britain’ – an England without the problems of a class society. One example of the ‘superiority’ of the New World was that ordinary people could hunt without the restraints of game laws.

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Reference: Illustrated New Zealand Herald, 1876.

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Terry Hearn, English – Values, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2033/pig-hunting-1876 (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.