Kōrero: Whitebait and whitebaiting

Measuring the catch

Measuring the catch

In this 1931 photograph, published in The New Zealand traveller, a woman doles out her whitebait catch at the Kaituna River in the Bay of Plenty. In the era before plastic buckets, whitebait were often stored in old kerosene tins.

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Christchurch City Libraries
Reference: 1546 PhotoCD 10 IMG0010

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Whitebait and whitebaiting - History and conservation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11698/measuring-the-catch (accessed 26 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 23 Jun 2023