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Kōrero: Large companies

James Smith and Sons, Cuba Street

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James Smith and Sons, Cuba Street

James Smith and Sons' shop in Cuba Street, Wellington is seen here around 1900. Many early large New Zealand companies made their money in importing and selling products to the growing settler population. Drapery and clothing were very profitable.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, James Smith Ltd Collection

Reference: PAColl-3332-17-1

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gary Hawke, Large companies – What is a company?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25937/james-smith-and-sons-cuba-street (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gary Hawke, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010.