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Kōrero: Dairying and dairy products

Tūākau creamery

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Tūākau creamery

These farmers are waiting at the Tūākau creamery in the early 20th century. Although it could be monotonous, the time spent at the skimming station gave farmers the opportunity to discuss farming ideas and methods, politics, and, no doubt, the weather.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Price Collection

Reference: 1/2-001517; G

by William Archer Price

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hugh Stringleman rāua ko Frank Scrimgeour, Dairying and dairy products – Cooperatives and centralisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15690/tuakau-creamery (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hugh Stringleman rāua ko Frank Scrimgeour, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.