Skip to main content
Browse the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ
Graphic: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966.

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.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT – MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Contents


Footwear, Clothing, and Made-up Textile Goods

This group, which employs over 26,000, manufactures footwear (excluding rubber footwear), clothing, gloves, hats, apparel accessories, canvas goods, and many other made-up textile goods. Over 40 per cent of the total workers are employed in Auckland.

Clothing: Over 19,000 people are employed in clothing manufacture. Nearly one-third of the clothing made (output £357 million) is manufactured from the customer's own materials (that is, on a “cut, make, and trim” basis). Many well-known overseas brands are manufactured under licence. Manufacture is spread throughout the country. There are many small units, with Auckland the main centre.

Footwear (Other than Rubber Footwear): The output of £123 million of this long-established industry includes footwear made under licence from overseas manufacturers of well known brands. Manufacture is chiefly in the four main centres where there are large well equipped factories.