New Zealand Flax / Harakeke

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New Zealand Flax / Harakeke

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5 жыл бұрын

In which JB discusses the Harakeke flax plant endemic to New Zealand. It is useful for baskets, cordage, clothing fiber, medicine and more.
A link to the cultural center where the kind lady taught me how to process the fiber traditionally. whakarewarewa....
Apologies for the audio. I filmed this on my cell phone.

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@charlyhorse7636 5 жыл бұрын

Woo New Zealand! living here we do use it quite often. It's great cause its common in the bush so can make life easier out there. I hope you found some other cool plants and animals of ours while you were here!

@DragonSecLtd 5 жыл бұрын

charlyhorse7636 bro nobody uses the flax, nobody in Dunedin nobody in Auckland if you go to the Parks and walks you don’t see it being cut, it’s literally grows like mad, and the council has to cut it back every now and then

@charlyhorse7636 5 жыл бұрын

@@DragonSecLtd i use it all the time. Its great

@wifla463 3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonSecLtd as if those two places are the whole New Zealand where I'm from it's common to see someone cutting harakeke to weave can go to any bush and see where people have harvested from it's becoming more common so much so I need to try and find a secret spot where only I know where it is 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

@waimaariahemara5047 10 ай бұрын

@@DragonSecLtdyou have to go to the council if you want to cut the flax they've planted, otherwise what do you know, my whanau live in Auckland and waikato area and have paharakeke plantations in Auckland weaving kete, pikau, putiputi, piupiu. So stop giving out false information noah

@edieboudreau9637 5 жыл бұрын

Always good to learn of a plant with so many uses. Thank you. Mike issues? Too many sissies watching utube. Compared to 1950s-1960s tv....stellar sound. Thank you.

@TomsBiologicalVideography 5 жыл бұрын

Try cleaning the microphone recess on your phone in case it's full of lint or dirt. My phone was doing the same thing a few months back and everything I recorded sounded like it was underwater or like I'd run a high pass filter on it. Gunk on the mic ended up being the issue.

@GoodandBasic 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll have to check that out! That's a practical tip! JB

@blahblahtuesday1172 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 for the knowledge

@headybrew 2 жыл бұрын

Neat! I have a gigantic one of these growing in my back yard. Only today did I finally figure out what the heck it is.

@Hunter_Kyles 2 жыл бұрын

ti kouka or the nz cabbage tree has similar fiber uses but its fibers are more resistant to salt and stronger, so maori would preferably use to kouka leaves when making rope for waka (canoes) and there anchor lines

@RallyX26 5 жыл бұрын

I can't remember where, but I read that people will accept lower quality video much better than they will low quality audio. One of the best investments you can make in your channel is a good mic. Really loving the videos, keep 'em coming!

@GoodandBasic 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! JB

@TomsBackyardWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

My father has one of those grass skirts that he got more than 50 years ago.

@GoodandBasic 5 жыл бұрын

Way cool! JB

@watsmaster9402 4 жыл бұрын

Must of stolen it from the natives because things like that have to be gifted to someone

@waimaariahemara5047 10 ай бұрын

@@watsmaster9402 In Rotorua the Maaori arts and crafts institute where selling piupiu for decades, possibly purchased as a souviner while he was visiting, have sold heaps at Whakarewarewa village to non-Maori you know.

@PhysicsPolice 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, except for the sound quality.

@GoodandBasic 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... It's pretty bad. JB

@edgeeffect 5 жыл бұрын

These Kiwi vids are kinda "archival" though.... (that's what my friends who collect records would say).

@PhysicsPolice 5 жыл бұрын

edgeeffect oh, I see. I’m not complaining, mind you. I just love this channel and hope they can afford good mic equipment!

@GoodandBasic 5 жыл бұрын

So too hope I. We'll get there. JB

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

Great for shelter also.

@QlueDuPlessis 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@simonphoenix3789 9 ай бұрын

The maori culture is really strange... somehow they never used bows and arrows, and flintknapping was rudimentary to say the least, despite there being sources of obsidian on the islands. Its weird to think that something almost universal to primitive human societies everywhere was skipped here. At least with hawaii and other pacific islanders, they had no knappable stone to work with so they stuck to shells and bones for their edged tools. But I wonder why the maori never did.