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Story: Kauri gum and gum digging

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Origin and early uses

  3. The gum diggers

  4. Gum digging methods

  5. The industry

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Origin and early uses

Kauri gum

Kauri gum (1st of 4)

Huge nugget

Huge nugget (2nd of 4)

Kauri gum curio

Kauri gum curio (3rd of 4)

Gum wig

Gum wig (4th of 4)

Oozing gum

Oozing gum

Kauri gum reserves

Kauri gum reserves

Fire starter

Fire starter

Moko

Moko

Varnish

Varnish

From page 2 - The gum diggers

Māori gum diggers

Māori gum diggers

Dalmatian card game

Dalmatian card game

Gum digger’s licence

Gum digger’s licence

Pit digging, Northland, 1911

Pit digging, Northland, 1911

Kauri gum diggers’ camp

Kauri gum diggers’ camp

From page 3 - Gum digging methods

Swamp diggers

Swamp diggers (1st of 3)

Tools of the trade

Tools of the trade (2nd of 3)

Washing for chips

Washing for chips (3rd of 3)

Washing plant

Washing plant

Scraping gum

Scraping gum

Tree climbing

Tree climbing

Dead kauri

Dead kauri

From page 4 - The industry

Weighing gum

Weighing gum

Shipping gum

Shipping gum

Gum warehouse

Gum warehouse

Gum exports, 1853–1962

Gum exports, 1853–1962

Winnowing machine

Winnowing machine

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/kauri-gum-and-gum-digging/media (accessed 17 May 2022)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Sep 2007

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