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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.

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Electrical Machinery and Appliances

There has been rapid growth in this group since 1945. Production includes 38,000 ranges (£2.0 million), 83,000 radios (£0.9 million), 64,000 television sets (£5.4 million), and 345,000 storage batteries (£1.5 million), and comes mainly from the four centres: Auckland, television sets (radios and appliances); Wellington – Lower Hutt (ranges, television sets, radios, and appliances); Christchurch (ranges and wiring accessories); and Dunedin (ranges and appliances).

Co-creator

Henry Curran Holden, M.A., Director, Trade Relations and Economics Division, and Economist, Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington.