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Kōrero: Whitebait and whitebaiting

Whitebait pottle

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Whitebait pottle

Fish shops still sell whitebait in small pottles, which these days are usually plastic. This pottle, which probably dates from the 1960s, is made from waxed paper.

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Private collection

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Whitebait and whitebaiting – Whitebaiting culture and regulations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/11713/whitebait-pottle (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.