Story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing

Clothing factories in Levin

This 1958 Pictorial Parade film clip looks at the expansion of the clothing industry in small towns, using Levin as an example of a town close to transport links and with a ready workforce.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 82. National Film Unit, 1958

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Jane Tolerton, Clothing and footwear manufacturing – Clothing factories, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/23986/clothing-factories-in-levin (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.