just go and catch your own from the pier or southshore they are very easy! You can sometimes buy them from pakn save moorhouse or riccarton otherwise some fish shops have them, wainoni fish supply sometimes have them, but usually when you buy them they are quite large crabs and often fairly exspensive and often catch permitting
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Whitebait Season starts 1 September 2026 and ends 30 October (inclusive). Chatham Islands: 1 December to the last day of February (inclusive)