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Big-game fishing, Urupukapuka Island

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Big-game fishing, Urupukapuka Island

The Bay of Islands gained a reputation as a holiday centre in the 1920s when the American writer Zane Grey visited. Based at Urupukapuka Island, he went on regular deep-sea fishing trips. This marlin is being winched onto the wharf at his camp.

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Eileen McSaveney, Nearshore islands – Island industry, recreation and life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13023/big-game-fishing-urupukapuka-island (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009.