Based on the long slender leaves of the indigenous flax plant or harakeke in Māori that has long been grown for its valuable fibre. Flax Pendant is based on the long slender leaves of the indigenous flax plant or harakeke in Maori that has long been grown for its valuable fibre. There is a Maori proverb about preserving important resources: If you cut the central stalk of the flax bush, where will the bellbird feed?