Game Fishing Club moments in history

1974

Happiness is...an island. New Zealand Women's Weekly, 16 December 1974.

1982

Days of big catches recalled. J Vowless. Bay of Plenty Times, 13 May 1982.

1990

• Fishing club to pull out of Mayor Island. Club to build new premises on mainland, pulling out of Tūhua end of May 1990. Kiwi Coaster, 1(2), 15 December 1990.
• Fishing clubs' harbourside clubrooms stay on hold. Bay of Plenty Times, 19 April 1990.
• Groups oppose fish club move. Bay of Plenty Times, 21 June 1990.

1991

• New fishing HQ planned. Bay of Plenty Times, 23 January 1991.
• Club prepares for new home. Bay of Plenty Times, 28 March 1991.
• Fishing photos find new home base. Bay of Plenty Times, 21 October 1991.
• Game Fishing Club. Opening of rooms. Bay of Plenty Times, 4 December 1991.
• Game fishing club finds a new home. Bay of Plenty Times, 9 December 1991.

1993

Spinner kicked off game fishing. Bay of Plenty Times, 20 March 1993, p. 12.

See also: Archive collections: Ams 108

A few historic images of the Tauranga Big Game Fishing Club in Pae Korokī:

Tauranga Big Game Fishing Club. Photograph taken for Bay of Plenty Photo News, 19 September 1970, by Tony A'Hern.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo pn-8969

Tauranga Big Game Fishing Club, weighing shark. Tūhua Mayor Island, March 1971.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries photo gca-19054

Glenda Vegg, a special guest of the Tauranga Big Game Fishing Club at Tūhua (Mayor Island), April 1973. 

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries photo gcc-27437