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Meat works closures

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Meat works closures

Many meat-processing works closed down from the 1980s for a variety of reasons including the need for expensive upgrading to meet new hygiene requirements and a lack of stock for killing. This 2008 cartoon by Alistair Nisbet likens the fate of the former meat workers to that of the carcasses they previously worked with on the chain.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DCDL-0007124

by Alistair Nisbet

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Jane Tolerton, Agricultural processing industries – Meat processing from 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/25193/meat-works-closures (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.