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March 18, 2018
- Mrs. Herk, New Zealand's only native fibre
milliner, shows off several of her hats
(pōtae) with a visitor at the Toi Box in
Hokianga. Based in Taupo Bay, Lah Herk
uses Tahitian weaving to craft her amazing
headgear from native materials, emphasizing
sustainability (1,
2).
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The gesture
hat.
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America's Cup
hat complete with yachts.
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The hats are
pricey, but it takes a lot of time to make
them. The label is attached with a band
made of houhere (lacebark or ribbonwood) (+).
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| Bark from
tānekaha or celery pine (Phyllocladus
trichomanoides) produces a sustainable
organic dye. Maori
and settlers used wood from the tree, which is
strong and flexible. It grows on much of
the North Island and the northern part of the
South Island (1,
2,
3,
4).
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