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Story: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce

Digging kauri gum

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Digging kauri gum

Digging kauri gum was one of a number of rural occupations carried out by Māori, and was concentrated in Northland and the Coromandel.

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

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Basil Keane, Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce – The rural workforce, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25522/digging-kauri-gum (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 4 March 2010.