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Waipū dairy factory

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Waipū dairy factory

Many of the Scottish pioneers of Waipū took up land and founded farming families which remained in the district for many decades. Dairying became a common farming pursuit and by 1916 Waipū, like many other rural settlements in the north, had a dairy factory to which local farmers brought their milk and cream by cart.

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John Wilson, Scots – 1853–1870: a surge of Scots, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1033/waipu-dairy-factory (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.