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Tiniroto game hunt

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Tiniroto game hunt

A game hunt for wild deer and pigs has been held each Easter in the country district of Tiniroto since 2002. In this photo pig carcasses are hoisted on a rack at the end of a day’s hunting in 2009.

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Tiniroto Tavern

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Towards Wairoa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33576/tiniroto-game-hunt (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.