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Kōrero: Flax and flax working

Flower arrangement

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Flower arrangement

To create simple, strong forms, florists often use spear-like flax leaves.

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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/10420/flower-arrangement (accessed 4 June 2026).

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