Kōrero: English

Visiting a New Zealand factory, 1949

Visiting a New Zealand factory, 1949

After the Second World War there was a continuing recruitment of migrants from northern England to draw on industrial experience which could be used in New Zealand’s expanding factories. Here, Mary Bowie (left) and Hilda Fisk (centre) are shown around the factory where they will work, by its managing director, B. Levy (right).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection
Reference: 1/2-030011-F
Photograph by W. Walker

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Terry Hearn, 'English - Northern England; the Channel Islands', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1925/visiting-a-new-zealand-factory-1949 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015