5 Aug 2016

Colin Cox: Pioneer Deer Farmer and Possumer - Pt 7

From Country Life, 9:18 pm on 5 August 2016
Colin Cox with his Possum Belt

Colin Cox with his Possum Belt Photo: RNZ/Susan Murray

Colin Cox was involved in the very beginnings of deer farming in New Zealand and with the development of possum fibre for use in clothing. He's written a memoir which Country Life has turned into a series. Today Colin learns possum fur's hollow fibre is very similar to that of a polar bear, so he puts its insulating properties to the test.

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