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Story: Manufacturing – an overview

Growth of manufacturing

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This table shows growth in manufacturing income. Definitions changed over time, so a trend line rather than a consistent data set is graphed. A marked fall in manufacturing income in the late 1980s and early 1990s resulted from a combination of recession and restructuring.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand; New Zealand official yearbook

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Ian Hunter, Manufacturing – an overview – Early manufacturing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/25088/growth-of-manufacturing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian Hunter, published 14 April 2010.