A history of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company and mill

A history of the Canterbury company and mill (PDF 16 KB).

Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand

This website provides information about the dairy industry in New Zealand.

Meat & Wool New Zealand

Provides information about the meat and wool industries.

Milling

This page on the New Zealand Flour Millers Association outlines how flour is milled from grain.

Our history

This page on the New Zealand Meatworkers and Related Trades Union gives a history of the union.

Carter, Bill, and John MacGibbon. Wool: a history of New Zealand’s wool industry. Wellington: Ngaio Press, 2003.

Gundry, Sheridan. Making a killing: a history of the Gisborne–East Coast freezing works industry. Gisborne: Tairawhiti Museum, 2004.

Hunter, Ian. Age of enterprise: rediscovering the New Zealand entrepreneur 1880–1910. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.

Smith, Nigel. Heritage of industry: discovering New Zealand’s industrial history. Auckland: Reed, 2001.

Thornton, Geoffrey G. New Zealand’s industrial heritage. Wellington: Reed, 1982.