The facility was built to serve 350 farmers from Kaukapakapa to Avondale and was capable of producing up to 600 tons a year (rising to 1000 tons with additional plant).
Dairying
Events In History
3 November 1886
From a dairy factory at Pukekura, Waikato, Henry Reynolds launched Anchor butter. The brand name, allegedly inspired by a tattoo on the arm of one of his workers, would become one of this country’s best-known trademarks.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh watch butter being taken from a churn in the Bell Block Co-operative Dairy Factory
