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Story: Dairying and dairy products

All images and media

From page 1 - Beginnings of New Zealand’s dairy industry

Milking Shorthorn cows

Milking Shorthorn cows

Milking time

Hand-churning butter

Hand-churning butter (1st of 1)

From page 2 - Expansion of dairying

Dunedin, 1882

Dunedin, 1882

Chew Chong

The milk run

From page 3 - Cooperatives and centralisation

Tūākau creamery

Tūākau creamery

Freighting butter to England

Freighting butter to England

Barging the milk

Barging the milk

Taranaki dairy factories

Taranaki dairy factories

From page 4 - Separators and milking machines

Alfa Laval cream separator

Alfa Laval cream separator

Milk truck

Early milking shed

Early milking shed

Feeding a pig skim milk

Feeding a pig skim milk

From page 5 - Dairy sheds

Walk-through cow shed

Walk-through cow shed

Herringbone dairy shed

Herringbone dairy shed

Rotary milking

Cow yard

Robotic milking

Robotic milking

From page 6 - Dairy cattle breeds

Holstein-Friesian cow

Holstein-Friesian cow

Jersey cow

The KiwiCross breed

Cross-bred cows

Ayrshire cows

From page 7 - Breed improvement

Travelling herd tester

Travelling herd tester

Dalefield cheese factory

Dalefield cheese factory

Testing milk for butterfat content

Testing milk for butterfat content (1st of 2)

Herd testing

Herd testing (2nd of 2)

Artificial breeding

Artificial breeding

Stud Freisian bull

Stud Freisian bull

From page 8 - On the farm

Dairy farming regions

Dairy farming regions

Break-feeding pasture

Break-feeding pasture

From grass to milk

From grass to milk

Silage stack

From page 9 - Pattern of milk production

Milk train

The milkman

Feeding the calves

Feeding the calves

From page 10 - Dairying in the 2000s

Dairy cattle numbers, 1895–2005

Dairy cattle numbers, 1895–2005 (1st of 2)

The cow yard

The cow yard (2nd of 2)

Irrigated Southland dairy pastures

Irrigated Southland dairy pastures

Sharemilkers of the year

Sharemilkers of the year

Cash cow

Sharemilkers

From page 11 - Dairy exports

War exports

Dairy product exports by volume, 1999–2006

Dairy product exports by volume, 1999–2006

Advertising New Zealand dairy products overseas

Advertising New Zealand dairy products overseas

From page 12 - Manufacturing and marketing in the 2000s

Fonterra dairy factories

Fonterra dairy factories

Synlait Milk

Westland Dairy Products

Westland Dairy Products (2nd of 1)

From page 13 - Dairy products

A pint of milk a day

A pint of milk a day

The Tip Top cow

The Tip Top cow

Biofarm organic produce

Biofarm organic produce

Dairy products

How to cite this page:

Hugh Stringleman and Frank Scrimgeour, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/dairying-and-dairy-products/media (accessed 25 September 2023)

Story by Hugh Stringleman and Frank Scrimgeour, published 24 Nov 2008