Gary Coates polishes marble at the Canterbury Stone Company's ...

Carol Morgan operates the golf ball painting machine.

Joy McAlister examining golf balls at the International Sports ...

Jean Cook inspects golf balls for flaws at the International ...

Machine operator, Andy Lecay, with woks being made in a Leyton ...

Construction of lounge suites at Lionel Hunter's factory on ...

Logs in the McVicar Timber saw mill on John's Road in Harewood.

Preparation of logs for veneering at Fletchers Mandeville Street ...

Machinists assembling shoes at the Marathon Rubber Footwear ...

Exterior of the Duckworth Turner factory on Roydvale Avenue.

Exterior of the M. O'Brien and Company footwear factory at 31 ...

Marketing manager V. Buxton (left) and manager Ray Kelly at the ...

Salesman Noel McGregor with a computerised stitching machine at ...

Exterior of the M. O'Brien and Company footwear factory at 31 ...

The new J. Wattie Canneries Ltd vegetable processing factory at ...

Twirl lollipops being made at the Paramount Candy Company ...

Les Price (left) and Ray Spriggs packing mineral water at a ...

McPierson Limited at the Industrial subdivision in Wairakei ...

Christine Bell, a University student, working on a conveyor ...

Exterior of the Watties processing factory in Hornby.

Interior of the factory floor during ice cream manufacturing at ...

By 1947 there were some 35,000 women working in New Zealand ...

These girls are packing biscuits

Small factories making munitions of various kinds were spread ...