Kōrero: East Coast region

Food processing

Food processing

Corn ready for canning arrives in bulk at Wattie’s factory in Gisborne in 1952. Food processing was an important economic activity in Poverty Bay from the 1950s.

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Tairawhiti Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Te Tairawhiti
Reference: 228.2-141

Permission of Tairawhiti Museum, PO Box 716, Gisborne, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Monty Soutar, 'East Coast region - Growth and challenge, 1940 to 2010s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33405/food-processing (accessed 5 December 2023)

He kōrero nā Monty Soutar, updated 1 Mar 2015