A Taranaki kayak fisher brushed off a couple of shark encounters on his way to reeling in a massive snapper, which is odds-on to win its division in the year-long ExportNew ZealandFishingCompetition that closes at the end of May.
“I thought, well, that’s not what we should be exporting ... And they took me to court, said they were going to sue me, sue the government for not giving them money to go and export ... This is a nice thing ...