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The Firestone tyre and rubber factory opened in Papanui, Christchurch, in 1947. In 2009 Firestone still manufactured tyres for the domestic market and exported to Australia and the Pacific – by then it had made over 35 million tyres.
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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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