INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT – MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Machinery (Except Electrical)

The most important items, in terms of value of output, are farm machinery (£4.6 million), 40,000 washing machines (£2.1 million), 35,000 refrigerators (£3.4 million), and 54,000 lawnmowers (£1.5 million). Some earth-moving equipment is made. The manufacture of farm machinery is concentrated in Auckland and Christchurch, with one important unit in Dunedin. The remainder of the industry is mainly in Auckland (nearly 50 per cent of the total), Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Christchurch.

• 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.