Exports of kauri gum grew rapidly from the 1860s, and peaked in 1900. But the decline was even more rapid, and by the 1940s the gum digging industry was almost finished.
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Source: Alfred Reed, The kauri gumdiggers. 3rd ed. Auckland: Bush, 2006
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