TUAPEKA MOUTH INDUSTRIES - FARMING

As well as the early goldmining industry the area also attracted timber millers, flax millers, farriers, motor engineers, and of course clients for the pubs and hotels.

But it was the environment in the valley which attracted people early on to the potential for farming. And it is farming that remains the driving force in the local economy. Sheep, beef and dairy farming. And today there is the Danone Nutricia Dairy Plant at nearby(12k) Clydevale.

Bullock cart at hotel 19..

 Moving Day 2021

Clydevale Cheese Factory 19??

Danone Nutricia Dairy Factory 2020