More links and websites
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A history of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company and mill
A history of the Canterbury company and mill (PDF 16 KB).
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Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand
This website provides information about the dairy industry in New Zealand.
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Beef and Lamb New Zealand
Provides information about the beef and lamb industries.
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Milling
This page on the New Zealand Flour Millers Association outlines how flour is milled from grain.
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Our history
This page on the New Zealand Meatworkers and Related Trades Union gives a history of the union.
More suggestions and sources
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Carter, Bill, and John MacGibbon. Wool: a history of New Zealand’s wool industry. Wellington: Ngaio Press, 2003.
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Gundry, Sheridan. Making a killing: a history of the Gisborne–East Coast freezing works industry. Gisborne: Tairawhiti Museum, 2004.
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Hunter, Ian. Age of enterprise: rediscovering the New Zealand entrepreneur 1880–1910. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.
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Smith, Nigel. Heritage of industry: discovering New Zealand’s industrial history. Auckland: Reed, 2001.
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Thornton, Geoffrey G. New Zealand’s industrial heritage. Wellington: Reed, 1982.