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Kōrero: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce

Mira harakeke, Whakakī

Flax mill, Whakakī

E tū ana tēnei mira harakeke ki Whakakī, ā, he mea tango tēnei whakaāhua i te tau 1889. Atu i te tau 1820, tae noa ki ngā tau tōmua o te rau tau 1900, i whai wāhi nui te Māori ki te ahumahi harakeke. Nāwai ka riro te mana whakahaere o ngā mahi mai i ngā Māori, ā, ka whakamahia rātou e te Pākehā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, E. R. Williams Collection

Reference: PAColl-7785-01

by William Williams

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce – European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25513/mira-harakeke-whakaki (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 4 March 2010.

Comments

Charlie Gordon
24 April 2025
Watene Huka /Hook hands in pocket in front of 2women, He ran it, his horses an carts, the flax went to Waikokapu to the ships. he also had Cobb an Co', stop overs for Napier Gisborne Coaches, an Horse teams, he bought a Ford model A, in Aukland, ran drunk falla over up there, unfortunately, an shipped it back to Wairoa, it was in the Whakaki River , used to play on it in the 60s when swimming, he was Wealthy, the 2women in the picture, one is his youngest sister her name is Hera, (nee Smith)the other his wife Repaora.