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It was a bad weekend to be a Koi Carp in the Waikato.
The heaviest total in a decade - 4.6 tonnes of the pest fish - was shot, as the New Zealand bow hunting society staged the 35th Annual World Koi Carp classic in Huntly.
Some competitors hunted on foot along the banks of rivers, lakes and farm drains, others from small boats.
At the end of each day they gathered at Ohinewai Hall to have their catch weighed.
Prizes included the heaviest, and smallest, Koi Carp, as well as the heavi
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