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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.

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

Reference: EP/1077/3679/36-F

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

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.