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Kōrero: Southland places

Highlander milk

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Highlander milk

Highlander condensed milk was made at a plant at Wallacetown from 1892 until 1964, when production was transferred to Auckland. At a time when most New Zealanders took pride in being part of the British Empire, ‘British’ could refer to New Zealand as well as to the UK.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0104-1917-12-01

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David Grant, Southland places – Around Invercargill, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/20163/highlander-milk (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.