Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Detailed account using ships logs, newspapers, official and private correspondence, reports, etc.

Of ethnobotanical interest - references to flax trade. Kapiti Island described by McNab as a "flax emporium". A writer in 1837 says of Otago that "the flax plant grows luxuriantly and the fibre is of good quality. Esculents are also abundant and obtainable at a very low price."

In Cook Strait, turnips and potatoes sold to whalers.