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Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing

Brierley and Sealord

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Brierley and Sealord

In this cartoon the private company Brierley Investments is an octopus using a Māori fish hook to haul in the fishing company Sealord Products. One half of Sealord Products was purchased by the Māori Fisheries Commission with government money, the other half was purchased by Brierleys.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: H-098-019

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Paul Meredith, Te hī ika – Māori fishing – Fisheries management and practice, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/6820/brierley-and-sealord (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Meredith, published 2 March 2009.