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. -
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. -
McNeill, Joanne. ‘Northland’s buried treasure.’
New Zealand Geographic 10 (April–June
1991): 18–45. -
Reed, A. H. Farthest north: afoot in
Maoriland byways. Wellington: Reed, 1946. -
Reed, Alfred. The kauri gumdiggers. 3rd
ed. Auckland: Bush Press, 2006. -
Wagener, Roy. Gumfields of Aupouri.
Kaitaia: R. Wagener, 1977.
How to cite this page
Carl Walrond, Kauri gum and gum digging, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/8386/sources (accessed 9 June 2026).
Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.