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Kōrero: Agricultural processing industries

Taranaki dairy factory, around 1902

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Taranaki dairy factory, around 1902

By 1902 there were about 250 dairy factories in New Zealand, one of which was this one in Stratford. As can be seen here, dairy factories were a meeting place for farmers as they dropped off their milk and cream.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, R. E. Clevely Collection (PAColl-4060)

Reference: 1/2-19786-F

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

Jane Tolerton, Agricultural processing industries – Dairy processing in the 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25155/taranaki-dairy-factory-around-1902 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jane Tolerton, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.