Matangi

1st-3rd March 1985

In 1886 the Pukekura Butter  Factory, the first in the Waikato, was opened. The skimming station at Matangi supplied cream to this factory until the butter factory at Newstead was established in 1888, when supply changed there.
1894 saw the purchase of a Cheese Factory site adjacent to the railway line at Matangi by the New Zealand Packing Company. This was followed in 1900 by the opening of a Butter Factory at Matangi by the New Zealand Dairy Association (N.Z.D.A.), Mr Arthur Furze was a prime mover behind this development.

OVER the years many changes have taken place in Matangi village itself . The original stores have been demolished, and one new block built.  The only two buildings that remain are the garage and what is now the Scout Den.

"Haul Tainui, haul her to the sea"

The School Opens

St. David’s is a country church located at 591 Matangi Rd.

It is now owned by the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand. Contact is Rev Ovidiu Motofelea, St George Orthodox Parish, 021750431