Story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry
The largest food-processing company in New Zealand, Wattie’s, began in a four-room cottage in Hastings in September 1934. These women are preparing peaches for canning, about 1940. Wattie's later diversified into frozen food and pet food, and in 1992 became a subsidiary of the multibillion-dollar American firm Heinz.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Gordon H. Burt Collection (PAColl-4118)
Reference: 1/2-037084; F
Photograph by Gordon Burt
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