INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT – MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Rubber Products

The first factory was set up at Auckland in 1933. Three plants manufacture tyres and tubes valued at £6.0 million at Auckland, Upper Hutt, and Christ-church and employ approximately 900 people. Moreover, 1,600 people, mainly in Christchurch, are employed producing general rubber goods worth £5.5 million.

• INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT – MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (Relating to 1962-63 Production Year)

• Tobacco

• Textiles

• Footwear, Clothing, and Made-up Textile Goods

• Wood Manufacture (Except Furniture)

• Furniture and Fittings

• Paper and Paper Products

• Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries

• Leather and Leather Products (Except Footwear and Clothing)

• Rubber Products

• Chemical and Chemical Products

• Petroleum and Coal Products

• Non-Metallic Mineral Products (N.E.I.)

• Basic Metal Industries

• Metal Products (Except Machinery and Transport Equipment)

• Machinery (Except Electrical)

• Electrical Machinery and Appliances

• Transport Equipment and Repair

• Miscellaneous Products

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.