Flax Stripper Museum

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Once upon a time, the flat wetland around Foxton was covered in flax, particularly harakeke. For generations, Māori had been scraping the flax of its green matter, using the enormously strong fibres for ropes, strings, cloaks, kete and mats. The...

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