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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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An Independent Standards Institute

In July 1964 the Minister of Industries and Commerce announced that, if sufficient support for the move were forthcoming, the Standards Institute on 1 April 1965 would become an independent body. This new organisation would then be the sole recognised standards body in New Zealand.

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McLintock, Alexander Hare