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Kōrero: Kauri gum and gum digging

Shipping gum

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Shipping gum

At Ahipara around 1910, a barge has been loaded with sacks of kauri gum from bullock-drawn carts. The barge was taking the load out to the coastal steamer Chelmsford, visible on the horizon. The steamer would then carry the sacks to Auckland’s wharves.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)

Reference: 1/1-006272; G

by Arthur James Northwood

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Kauri gum and gum digging – The industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12970/shipping-gum (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.