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Story: Pigs and the pork industry

Pig hunting

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Pig hunting

Dogs have long been partners in pig hunting, as depicted in ‘A New Zealand pig hunt: an old boar bailed up’, painted by E. Roper in 1870.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

Reference: 1967/7/1

by E. Roper

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Allan Gillingham, Pigs and the pork industry – Early farming and feral breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/15427/pig-hunting (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.