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Todd Park

The Todd Park motor assembly plant at Porirua operated from 1973 to 1998. At its peak it employed 1,500 workers and produced 22,000 cars a year. The plant covered 33 hectares on a site overlooking the city. In the early 2000s, Mitsubishi Motors used part of the facility to recycle used parts.

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Eric Pawson, Cars and the motor industry – Car imports and the assembly industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22843/todd-park (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eric Pawson, published 2 March 2010, updated 1 December 2014.