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Kōrero: Engineering

All-weather meat loaders

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Bluff’s all-weather meat loaders were introduced in the 1960s to help ease port congestion. Although they speeded up loading, the meat loaders became redundant when containers were introduced.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 138. National Film Unit, 1963

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Matthew Wright, Engineering – Engineering after 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/21614/all-weather-meat-loaders (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Matthew Wright, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.