Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

An early dairy factory

An early dairy factory

One of Manawatū’s early dairy factories was at Hiwinui, between Ashhurst and Bunnythorpe. It was photographed in the 1890s.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Manawatū and Horowhenua region - Unsettled times: 1880–1910', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9487/an-early-dairy-factory (accessed 5 June 2023)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 Apr 2015