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Collecting shellfish at Muriwai

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Collecting shellfish at Muriwai

Toheroa could be gathered on many northern beaches until the middle of the 20th century, when strict limits were placed on their harvesting. This photograph shows Muriwai Beach, 1962.

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Archives New Zealand
photograph by Gregory Riethmaier
National Publicity Studios Collection
AAQT 6539, A70987

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Collecting shellfish at Muriwai, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/collecting-shellfish-muriwai, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated