All sizeable towns have at least one (usually small) furniture factory. The output is £11.8 million. Over 70 per cent of the furniture is made of wood, from 19 million bd. ft. of local timbers (rimu, tawa, Southland silver beech, and radiata pine); but some imported decorative timbers and fancy imported plywoods and veneers are used. Steel office furniture, venetian blinds, and wire and innerspring and soft-filled mattresses are also manufactured.
Co-creator
Henry Curran Holden, M.A., Director, Trade Relations and Economics Division, and Economist, Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington.