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Kōrero: Clothing and footwear manufacturing

Clothing factories in Levin

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This 1958 Pictorial Parade film clip looks at the expansion of the clothing industry in small towns, using Levin as an example of a town close to transport links and with a ready workforce.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 82. National Film Unit, 1958

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Jane Tolerton, Clothing and footwear manufacturing – Clothing factories, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/23986/clothing-factories-in-levin (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jane Tolerton, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.