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Kōrero: Acclimatisation

Hunters and pheasants, 1912

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Hunters and pheasants, 1912

Hunters holding double-barrelled shotguns pose in a Taranaki timber yard with their dogs and haul of pheasants. The man on the right sports a vest with small pockets for storing shotgun cartridges. Pheasants were first introduced in the early 1840s, well before acclimatisation societies were set up.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-009929; G

by James McAllister

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Acclimatisation – Improving upon nature, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17462/hunters-and-pheasants-1912 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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