Mira Harakeke o Paetawa
267 SH1 ki te Raki o Waikanae
He mea mira e Archibald Brown (1859-1941) he harakeke i roto i ēnei whare mai i 1905 ki 1930. Nā te heke haere o te utu me te mate rau-kōwhai i katia ai te mira.
Nā te wharau nui i muri rā i whakamarumaru te ‘kaiwhāngai’ (i whakamahia ki te hākuku i te para o te harakeke), te ‘patu muka’ (i whakamahia ki te whakamāeneene i te harakeke i horoia, i whakawhakamaroketia, i whakakōmātia) me tētahi mīhini hei whakahaere i ngā hangarau nei.
Ko te tēpara ki te taha matau o te kēti te whakamarumaru mō ngā hoiho tō nāna i tō ngā kāta o te harakeke mata mai i te repo, i mau atu rānei i ngā pēre whītau ki te teihana rerewei o Waikanae.
Browns’ Flax Mill, Waikanae, 1910. Hp 1372, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.
Workers from Browns' Flax Mill, Waikanae, circa 1910. HP1371, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.
![Workers from Browns' Flax Mill, Waikanae, circa 1910. HP1371, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.]()
A new suction gas engine working on coal at the Browns' Flax Mill in Waikanae, 1916. Hp 1373, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.
![A new suction gas engine working on coal at the Browns' Flax Mill in Waikanae, 1916. Hp 1373, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.]()
Sketch plan of remains of Brown's Flaxmill, Paetawa, Waikanae, 9 April 1981 – Ian's plan drawing
![Sketch plan of remains of Brown's Flaxmill, Paetawa, Waikanae, 9 April 1981 – Ian's plan drawing]()
Brown's Flax Mill at Paetawa, May 2011
![Brown's Flax Mill at Paetawa, May 2011]()
Workers from Browns' Flax Mill, Waikanae, circa 1910. HP1371, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.
A new suction gas engine working on coal at the Browns' Flax Mill in Waikanae, 1916. Hp 1373, Brown Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries.
Sketch plan of remains of Brown's Flaxmill, Paetawa, Waikanae, 9 April 1981 – Ian's plan drawing
Brown's Flax Mill at Paetawa, May 2011
