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- Gum digging methods
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- Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Spear and spade The solitary gum digger had few requirements. The most important equipment was a gum spear and spade. The spear was a pointed steel rod fitted with a spade handle, for probing the ground to find gum. Experienced diggers came to know the feel of hitting gum. Diggers often dug up wood by mistake, but a later invention called the ‘joker’ – a wire coil wrapped around the spear tip – allowed them to collect and examine small particles of any object the spear hit.
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- Date created
- 1 March 2009
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- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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- https://teara.govt.nz/en/kauri-gum-and-gum-digging/page-3
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