Kōrero: Regional economies

Kauri gum diggers (2 o 2)

Kauri gum diggers

Kauri gum, along with kauri timber, was a product of the north’s extractive economy. As with the timber industry, gum waned as tracts were exploited, and swamp gave way to a regional economy based on farming.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)
Reference: 1/1-009777; G

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Malcolm McKinnon, 'Regional economies - Development of regional economies, 1850 to 1920', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25221/kauri-gum-diggers (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010