Collecting shellfish at Muriwai

Collecting shellfish at Muriwai

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

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

How to cite this page: 'Collecting shellfish at Muriwai', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/collecting-shellfish-muriwai, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 2-Apr-2007

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