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The first Mission Station on the Manukau Harbour was established here in
1847.
"Since the mid 1800s, the Otuataua Stonefields have formed part of four
dairy farms. The Ellet, Rennie, Mendelssohn and Wallace families have run
these farms for several generations. These families made a significant
contribution to agriculture in New Zealand. They began one of the first
skimming stations, then creameries and then milking treatment and butter
manufacturing plants in New Zealand. The first creamery was located at
Mangere School and then at Ambury, near to the Stonefields...
...Like the Maori inhabitants before them, the European farmers worked hard
to clear the stones from the land. The farmers built dry stone walls with
the skills they brought with them from Scotland..."
(Manukau City Council Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve Draft Management
Plan)
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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