the main agricultural activities of the district are sheep and dairy farming. forestry is still, however, the primary and most important industry to the district. timber is milled and processed at kinleith. over recent years, the sharp decline in timber processing has seen the majority of raw logs shipped offshore. most of the kinleith workers live in tokoroa, with a small number commuting from other south waikato towns. tokoroa is a marketing and servicing centre for agriculture, inline with other associated industries. these other industries include (but are not limited to): the manufacture of cheese (and related dairy products [via fonterra]), specialised wooden boxing, timber joinery, saw milling, general engineering, and the quarrying of building (masonry) stone.