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Story: Manufacturing – an overview

Toy making

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The production of new materials like plastic made large-scale development of some local manufacturing industries possible. Here, dolls are being made for the Christmas season in 1960.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 108. National Film Unit, 1960

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Ian Hunter, Manufacturing – an overview – Protection in the mid-20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/25140/toy-making (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian Hunter, published 14 April 2010.