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Story: Diving and snorkelling

Spearfishing

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Spearfishing

Spearfishing competitions, in which divers aim to catch the heaviest or greatest number of fish, remain popular. Here Rob Marshall shows off a 12-pound moki he caught during a 1976 competition.

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

Reference: EP/1976/0145/4

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Nancy Swarbrick, Diving and snorkelling – Diving for a purpose, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9006/spearfishing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.