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Kōrero: Hauraki–Coromandel places

Super-sized swordfish

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Super-sized swordfish

Ali White stands beside a huge swordfish, caught near Mercury Bay in the 1930s. Whitianga has long been a deep sea game-fishing centre.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Mercury Bay Museum

Reference: Ph# 1250

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel places – Mercury Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30668/super-sized-swordfish (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Monin, i tāngia i te 13 December 2010.