The Awatuna company opened a creamery on Patiki Road which appears to have operated between 1901 and 1906 before being advertised for removal in April 1918.

With the success of the Awatuna and Pihama co-operative factories, discontent among the Crown Dairy Company suppliers at the Punehu (Eltham Road) and Taungatara creameries grew to the extent that in October 1898, a delegation of those suppliers requested the Awatuna company to establish a branch factory in the Taungatara district.

Following a meeting on 7 June 1894, The Awatuna Co-operative Dairy Factory Company Limited was incorporated on 25 July 1894 by local farmers who joined forces due to dissatisfaction with The Crown Dairy Company and the distance required to transport their milk to the Crown creameries on the Eltham Road and on the bank of the Taungatara Stream.