New Zealand - Pokeno
- Flax milling
- Man loading flax onto horse drawn cart
- 1930s
- Breckon, Arthur Ninnis Photo
Po�keno
- A small town in the Waikato District of the Waikato region
- The town is named for the Ngati Tamaoho settlement in the area called Pokino, located to the northwest of the current town centre.
- A military installation, Pokino Camp, was set up in the area in December 1861 after Governor George Edward Grey called for a road to be completed from Drury to the Waikato River, Great South Road.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
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Image source: [Flax milling, Pokeno],Breckon, Arthur Ninnis, 1887-1965, photographer,1930-1940,PH-NEG-C50191
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-91766 #pokeno