Story: Kauri gum and gum digging
Page 5 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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The Kauri Museum
The website of the Kauri Museum in Matakohe, Northland, includes information on kauri gum.
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Tony Yelash
The website of Ahipara, a small town near Kaitāia in Northland, tells the story of one of the last gum diggers, Dalmatian Tony Yelash.
More suggestions and sources
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Brown, Michael, and Aleida Spoelstra, eds. The figs and the vines: gumdigging in Kaipara. Dargaville: Academy, 1996.
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Hayward, Bruce W. Kauri gum and the gumdiggers : a pictorial history of the kauri gum industry in New Zealand. Auckland: Gordon Ell, Bush Press, 1989.
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McNeill, Joanne. ‘Northland’s buried treasure.’ New Zealand Geographic 10 (April–June 1991): 18–45.
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Reed, A. H. Farthest north: afoot in Maoriland byways. Wellington: Reed, 1946.
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Reed, Alfred. The kauri gumdiggers. 3rd ed. Auckland: Bush Press, 2006.
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Wagener, Roy. Gumfields of Aupouri. Kaitaia: R. Wagener, 1977.
