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Picnickers with net

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Picnickers with net

A group enjoys a hot drink on the banks of the Taieri River in Otago, in 1926. The man is balancing a scoop net across his shoulders. They appear to be occasional whitebaiters rather than the hardened types who spend days on end waiting for whitebait to run.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-1579-1/2-G

by Albert Percy Godber

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Carl Walrond, Whitebait and whitebaiting – History and conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11699/picnickers-with-net (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.