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Kōrero: Canterbury places

Duck shooting, Lake Ellesmere

Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) is the largest lake in the Canterbury region and an internationally significant wildlife habitat. It has also been an important duck-shooting spot for many years. These men are displaying their catch in the early 1920s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Pan-1608- 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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John Wilson, Canterbury places – Ellesmere district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/10269/duck-shooting-lake-ellesmere (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.