Martin Doyle Cartoon: Spinning Out

Friday, 1 February 2013, 12:52 pm
Opinion: Martin Doyle

Spinning Out

By Martin Doyle
1 Feb 2013

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Hot on the heels of the Government claiming there's "no crisis" in manufacturing, 192 jobs are lost in the wool spinning industry in Oamaru. Ref: http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/244257/193-jobs-go-oamaru-plant-closes and http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=160701

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