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Kōrero: Rural recreation

The thrill of the hunt

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The thrill of the hunt

The hounds have picked up the scent of a hare and the riders are off. To the astonishment of British fox-hunters, who normally jumped over hedges, in New Zealand hunters took their horses over wire fences – although sometimes the top barbed wire was lowered and protected.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hunt New Zealand

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Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Rural horse sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17702/the-thrill-of-the-hunt (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.