Hands on Tauranga offers students stimulating and original learning opportunities with real museum objects that support the New Zealand curriculum at primary and secondary school level.
A calico flour bag with blue and white band. Writing on bag 'Ireland & Co. Ltd. Mt Maunganui 12 1/2 lb. Home Life Pure Baking Flour'.
The Ireland & Co. Flour Mill opened in Mount Maunganui in 1957. It was sold several times and in 2000 Goodman Fielder moved all their flour operations to Mount Maunganui. In 2013 it was sold to Japan's Nisshin Flour Milling for $51 million.
date: 1960s
max dimension: 450mm
subject area: Social Science, Technology, Maths
specific themes: Food, Measurement, Business, Tauranga
handling collection number: HC15
why not get your hands on these... HC16 Flour Bag, HC17 Flour Bag, HC14 Sugar Bag
