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Whitebaiter’s hut

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Whitebaiter’s hut

This hut is used by whitebaiters who come to fish in the Tītīroa Stream during the whitebait season. The stream enters Toetoes Harbour, a lagoon separated from Toetoes Bay by a sandspit.

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David Grant, Southland places – Bluff and the south coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20169/whitebaiters-hut (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.