New Zealand Refrigerating Company
| Company type | Public listed company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Meat export |
| Founded | 19 August 1881 in Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Founder | Committee chaired by John Roberts |
| Defunct | 1 May 1905 and then operated by CMC |
| Fate | purchased and absorbed by Christchurch Meat Company Limited |
| Headquarters | , |
Areas served | New Zealand, United Kingdom |
| Products | Fresh and frozen lamb, beef and meat of other animals, offals and the by-products |
| Industry | Meat export |
|---|---|
| Founded | 7 January 1889 in Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Founder | John Cooke (1852–1917) |
| Defunct | 15 December 2015 Waitaki International Limited |
| Headquarters | , |
Areas served | New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States |
| Products | Fresh and frozen lamb, beef and meat of other animals, offals and the by-products |
New Zealand Refrigerating Company Limited founded 1881 by a committee led by John Roberts killed New Zealand livestock at its Burnside Works built in 1883 in Green Island Dunedin, froze the carcasses and shipped them for wholesaling in Smithfield, London.
In 1905 Christchurch Meat Company of Islington bought New Zealand Refrigerating Company Limited and on 25 August 1916 Christchurch Meat Company took its subsidiary's name as its own.
The main New Zealand Refrigerating Company works at Islington near Christchurch was operated over the last quarter of the 20th century by the same company finally trading as Silver Fern Farms. The works closed in 2008.
The site in Islington was acquired early in the 21st century cleared and rebuilt as a business and industrial park, Waterloo Business Park, named after Waterloo Road on its eastern boundary.