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Chinese whitebaiters

This snippet from the Taranaki Herald in 1882 refers to Chinese whitebaiters on the West Coast.

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Reference: Taranaki Herald, 9 November 1882, p. 2

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Carl Walrond, Whitebait and whitebaiting – History and conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/11700/chinese-whitebaiters (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.