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Edmonds baking powder factory

Edmonds baking powder factory

Thomas Edmonds founded a baking products business in Christchurch in 1879, and later built a factory in the industrial section of Ferry Road in Woolston. With its prominent slogan and beautiful gardens, the factory became a landmark. It is depicted on the front of the Edmonds cookery book, which became immensely popular with home cooks throughout New Zealand. Amidst much controversy, the factory was demolished in 1990.

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John Wilson, Canterbury places – South Christchurch, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/10233/edmonds-baking-powder-factory (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.

Comments

Ruth Smith
28 May 2012
What has happened to the old recipes My old book was rather tatty so i replaced it with a new one only to find the new one does not have marshmellow shortcake, yorshire pudding and the hokey pokey biscuit recipe is nothing like the old one and doesnt even taste like hokey pokey my regret is I threw my old book out the edmonds cook book used to be my favorite and now it hasnt got the recipes I used to use why was it changed