By 1952, when this whale was being processed at the Perano factory, whale meat was no longer consumed in New Zealand. So this huge whale steak went down the slipway into the sea.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP-Zoology-Whales-02
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