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    • 2 tents, drying racks with fish and several waka
    Rights: Alexander Turnbull Library Published 10 September 2024 Size: 57 KB Referencing Hub media

    This painting from the mid 1850s shows a fishing camp on the shores of Rangitoto. Sharks were commonly dried and processed in this manner.

    Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Rangitoto Id. Extinct volcano. No 2 [1850s?]. Ref: C-025-002. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23116010

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