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Kōrero: Duck shooting

Duck hunters, 1969

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Duck hunters, 1969

Three Whanganui duck hunters call ducks from their maimai at Lake Kowhata in 1969. They bagged grey ducks, mallards and the odd paradise shelduck. They must have been good hunters, as they reportedly shot a limit bag each day they hunted during the season.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Harvey C. Perkins rāua ko Bob Gidlow, Duck shooting – Equipment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17122/duck-hunters-1969 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Harvey C. Perkins rāua ko Bob Gidlow, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.