Woolf Fisher, 1912–1975
In 1960, industrialist Woolf Fisher was asked to chair a company investigating the smelting of steel from Waikato iron sands, and from 1965 he was the chairman of the board of New Zealand Steel.
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Tasman Joseph McKee, 1911–1973
The McKee family established Lime and Marble Ltd to supply lime and other non-metallic minerals to industry and agriculture throughout New Zealand. Tas McKee took over the firm from his father in 1943 and energetically explored for a variety of minerals, including uranium and oil.
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