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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua places

Last flax cut, Foxton

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Last flax cut, Foxton

The last buoyant years of the flax industry were in the 1920s, but industrial use of the fibre continued on a small scale for another 50 years. This man is carrying a bundle of flax in 1973, on the last day of harvesting for such purposes.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Kete Horowhenua, Foxton Historical Society

Reference: F2005.3421j

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua places – Foxton and the coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9447/last-flax-cut-foxton (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 22 April 2015.

Comments

Karen larsen
29 September 2024
This is my Grandfather FRED TAYLOR FROM FOXTON