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Kōrero: Whaling

Norwegian whaling station, Stewart Island

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Norwegian whaling station, Stewart Island

In 1924 a group of Norwegian whalers established a winter station at Paterson Inlet on Stewart Island. They stayed over several seasons to repair their boats. The building on the left is the carpenter’s shop.

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Jock Phillips, Whaling – Modern whaling and whale watching, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6307/norwegian-whaling-station-stewart-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.