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Kōrero: Fertiliser industry

Sulphur Point

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Sulphur Point

Sulfur from White Island was shipped to to Sulphur Point, in Tauranga Harbour, where a small superphosphate manufacturing works was built. The plant was demolished in 1900.

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by Laura Dunnage

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Ants Roberts, Fertiliser industry – What is fertiliser?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15840/sulphur-point (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ants Roberts, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.