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Short Film, 1947 (Arts/Culture, Documentary Series, Historical, Māori)
This Weekly Review pays respect to the traditional Māori art of raranga (or weaving), and looks at the industrialisation of New Zealand flax (harakeke) processing. The episode features a factory in Foxton where Māori designs are incorporated into modern floor coverings. Patterns in Flax features some great footage of the harvesting and drying of flax plants, and shots of immense (now obsolete) flax farms.
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OMG
that is old school hard lol, I enjoyed every bit of the vid, although it was obveous that there were no tikanaga in place back in the day, to me it's all about doing the job to put kai on the table.
Wow I never seen that done like that before as me being a weaver myself that's different how they use did Harakeke back then.
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Kevin Walls
Posted at 12.11PM - 13.05.2012
Kevin Walls really enjoyed this video, he used to work in this factory on a roll winder at the same time as Trevor Skipper - brought back some good memories