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Kōrero: Flax and flax working

Flax face-cream

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Flax face-cream

Living Nature is a New Zealand company that produces cosmetics with natural ingredients from native plants. Flax (harakeke) gel is used in products such as this firming cream, because of its soothing properties.

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Living Nature

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Nancy Swarbrick, Flax and flax working – Industry changes: 1930s–2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10418/flax-face-cream (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.