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Flax cultivars
- Aohanga, Awanga
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- Matawai Taniwha
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- Ngaro
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- Opiki
- Oue
- Pango
- Paoa
- Parekoritawa
- Paretaniwha
- Potaka
- Rangiwaho
- Rataroa
- Raumoa
- Ruahine
- Ruapani
- Ruawai
- Tākirikau
- Tāne-ā-wai
- Tāpoto
- Tārere
- Taeore, Taiore
- Takaiapu
- Tangi
- Taniwha
- Tapamangu
- Taumataua
- Te Mata
- Te Tatua
- Tukura
- Tupurupuru
- Turingawari
- Tūtaewheke
- Unknown – 'Te Aue Davis'
- Waihirere
- Whakaari
- Wharanui
- Wharariki (41)
- Wharariki (62)
- Whareongaonga
Used for soft baskets, rourou, toys. Good for beginners as it is very soft to work with. A fine kete made from this had the appearance of soft kiekie. The strips were not boiled but dragged quickly through boiling water.
| Source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Cultivar No |  |
41 |
| Source | |
Tairawhiti (East Coast). |
| Description | |
A tall cultivar of Phormium cookianum. Slightly bendy, soft, medium green blades. Hardly any colour on the margins and keel (greenish-white). High flower stalks with yellow flowers and lightweight pendulous seed pods. |
| Notes | |
(Phormium cookianum) |
| Uses | |
Used for soft baskets, rourou, toys. Good for beginners as it is very soft to work with. A fine kete made from this had the appearance of soft kiekie. The strips were not boiled but dragged quickly through boiling water. |
| Muka extraction |  |
Small amount of muka extracts cleanly, but not so well towards tip of whenu. Very thin at tip, fibre often breaks. Para sticks. Fibre dull and fluffy. |
| Raranga - unboiled | |
Leaves stronger and thicker than Wharariki 62, darker, more upright. Whenu are not as slippery and shiny as other Phormium cookianum. Appearance very yellow-green. |
