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Kōrero: Coarse fish

Dead koi carp

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Dead koi carp

Department of Conservation worker Tom Rouse stands with a collection of dead koi carp in Palmerston North. A local landowner found the fish in an ornamental pond on her Awahuri farm. The pond was drained, exposing 216 koi, some up to 45 centimetres long.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

Reference: 10051457

by Astrid van Meeuwen-Dijkgraaf

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bob McDowall, Coarse fish – Introductions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15676/dead-koi-carp (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bob McDowall, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.