Story: Flax and flax working
Page 6 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Harakeke: flax
On the Royal Society of New Zealand website, this booklet by Judith Jones describes the many uses of flax, and the development of the New Zealand flax fibre industry (PDF, 565 KB).
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The New Zealand flaxmilling industry
On the Techhistory website, an article by Ian Matheson on the history of flax milling.
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Puke Ariki – Taranaki stories – A flax mill at Pungarehu
An article by Rhonda Bartle on the history of the Taranaki sawmills of the Rutherford family.
More suggestions and sources
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Hindmarsh, Gerard. ‘Flax: the enduring fibre.’ New Zealand Geographic 42 (April–June 1999): 20–53.
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Matheson, Ian. ‘Flax town.’ In Foxton 1888–1988: the first 100 years, edited by A. N. Hunt. Foxton: Foxton Borough Council, 1987.
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Salmond, Anne. Between worlds: early exchanges between Māori and Europeans, 1773–1815. Auckland: Viking, 1997.
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Scheele, Sue, and Geoff Walls. Harakeke: the Rene Orchiston Collection. Rev. ed. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1994.
