Story: Kauri gum and gum digging
These Dalmatian gum diggers are enjoying a card game – probably on a Sunday. Most of them worked six days a week and spent Sundays playing games and relaxing. Listen to ‘Song of the digger’, a traditional New Zealand folk song.
Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero ('A young country'/Reference number TX 3089)
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PAColl-3077)
Reference: 1/1-011230; G
Photograph by Arthur James Northwood
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