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Kōrero: Bay of Plenty region

Dairy factory, Rūātoki

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Dairy factory, Rūātoki

This factory processed milk supplied by many Māori farmers. It opened in 1908, part of a wave of dairy factory building in the Bay of Plenty, from 1895 to 1915. Horse-drawn wagons hauled milk to the factory. In later years improved vehicles, roads and machinery saw many such factories closed in favour of larger, newer ones.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty region – Success: 1900s to 1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5591/dairy-factory-ruatoki (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.