Story: Agricultural processing industries

More links and websites

• 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.

• Beef and Lamb New Zealand

  Provides information about the beef and lamb 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.

More suggestions and sources

• 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.