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Kōrero: Salt

First salt harvest, April 1949

First salt harvest, April 1949

Workers examine the first salt of any quantity to be harvested in New Zealand. In 1949 the crystallisation ponds were still being constructed, and this salt had formed on the bed of the final concentration pond. About 45 tonnes was harvested by hand and washed in a concrete mixer. It gave great encouragement to the venture.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: PAColl-7796-36

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

Carl Walrond, Salt – Early industry at Lake Grassmere, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4331/first-salt-harvest-april-1949 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.