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Kōrero: Farming in the economy

Cream collection

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Cream collection

The introduction of home separation transformed the dairy industry. The next significant development was when the cooperatives began collecting cream from farms. This change was introduced after the First World War, when trucks became more common and roads were improved.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 8 DA 30174

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Farming in the economy – The closing of the farming frontier, 1900s to 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17628/cream-collection (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.