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Kōrero: Seafood

Young toheroa diggers

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Young toheroa diggers

With catch in hand, these young boys have had a successful day digging for toheroa. Their shellfish were collected from Hōkio Beach during the September open day in 1977.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1077/3679/36-F

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

Maggy Wassilieff, Seafood – Favourite Kiwi fare, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5103/young-toheroa-diggers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.