Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places

Longburn dairy factory

The Longburn meat-freezing works closed in 1987, but the dairy factory survives, and produces a variety of products.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua places – Ōhakea to Longburn, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9423/longburn-dairy-factory (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 22 April 2015.

Comments

Matthew
02 July 2010

One of my brothers worked at the previous Longburn dairy factory and used to bring blue vein cheese home for my parents now and again. In 1970s Palmerston North, that was classy living. Pretty sure the move to this newer factory brought extensive automation and had a big impact on the work force.