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Kōrero: Meat and wool

Fine Merino products

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The Timaru company South Canterbury Textiles makes products from a range of wool types, from strong crossbred to fine Merino. Here Andrew Miller demonstrates extra-soft baby blankets made from 19-micron Merino wool, and from extra-fine 15-micron wool. The company also plans to manufacture fine fabrics for shirts and suits.

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Alistair Nicol rāua ko Caroline Saunders, Meat and wool – Wool production and processing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/19235/fine-merino-products (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Alistair Nicol rāua ko Caroline Saunders, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.