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Kaukore flour mill, 1861

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Kaukore flour mill, 1861

The water-powered Kaukore flour mill at Pipiriki on the Whanganui River is fed by the Kaukore Stream. Kaukore literally means ‘no swimming’. A prohibition may have been put on swimming in the stream, as it supplied water to the mill to process food.

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Hazel Petrie, Kai Pākehā – introduced foods – Wheat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/19205/kaukore-flour-mill-1861 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hazel Petrie, published 1 March 2009.