Photo / Leigh Mitchell-AnyonMy grandmother Maudie Tamehana was 9 when the American stock market collapsed in September 1929. Also known as the Great Crash, It was considered the worst economic event in world history and it signalled the beginning of the Great Depression. Every Christmas my granny would make my mother a set of five whaariki (woven mats) to cover the polished floors. "It was so beautiful, that I cried and cried. I can hear her, clear as a bell, speaking in an interview recorded by the Whanganui Regional Museum in 1994.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 07, 2021 15:56 UTC