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Kōrero: Possums

Possum–merino wrap

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Possum–merino wrap

Developed in the 1990s, blends of possum fur and merino wool have been marketed as luxury yarns. The model is wearing a wrap woven from a possum–merino blend and trimmed with black possum fur.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 29 June 2005, p. 25

Permission of the Otago Daily Times must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Gerard Hutching, Possums – Spread of possums, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16892/possum-merino-wrap (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.