A booklet outlining operations in the Foxton flax industry including planting, harvesting, milling, manufactoring and finished products.
Creator: NZ Woolpack and Textiles
Place: Foxton
The Tokomaru River rail bridge which passed through the Liggins flax mill.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
Concrete foundations of the former Liggins flax mill in Tokomaru.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
Concrete foundations of the former Liggins flax mill in Tokomaru.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
Concrete foundations of the former Liggins flax mill in Tokomaru.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
A Brief History of the Opiki Flax Industry (1902-1919), compiled by Ian Matheson on the occasion of the closing of the Opiki Toll Bridge, 22 November 1969.
The document includes information pertaining to the Makerua Swamp, the flax fibre market, ...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: Opiki
Date: November 22, 1969
Ian Matheson's research notes on the Miranui flaxmill. The mill, located just north of Shannon, was operated by the A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd - a business partnership between brothers Alfred and Louis Siefert, and was the largest flaxm...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: Shannon
Date: June 14, 1964