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Kōrero: Marlborough region

Salt production at Lake Grassmere

Video file

Salt has been produced commercially at Lake Grassmere/Kāpara Te Hau since 1952. The site provides about half of New Zealand’s salt requirements. This video shows how the salt is extracted from salt water.

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Reference: Taste New Zealand [videorecording]. Auckland: Television New Zealand, 1993.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough region – Extractive industries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/31773/salt-production-at-lake-grassmere (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 9 May 2011, updated 1 November 2016.