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Munitions manufacturing, 1942

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During the Second World War there was a transfer of investment into defence facilities such as airports, and into factories making guns, ammunition and other weapons of war.

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Reference: Money for war. National Film Unit, 1942

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Brent Layton, Investment – Post-war investment, 1940 to 1980, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/24117/munitions-manufacturing-1942 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Brent Layton, published 3 March 2010.