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Story: Introduced animal pests

New Zealand game

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New Zealand game

This poster from around 1935 was used by the department responsible for tourism to promote deer stalking. Deer were introduced to provide hunters with sport. Hunters view them as a valuable species, but conservationists see them as pests because they eat native plants. Whether or not an animal is a pest depends on your point of view.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-1930s-01-front

by Leonard Mitchell

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Bob Brockie, Introduced animal pests – Deer, goats, pigs and wasps, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/10132/new-zealand-game (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob Brockie, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.