Thread: Excellent Books by Kiwi Authors

His experience also makes for grim reading re societal work ethics (the desire to work and achieve). I first met him when he ran his school uniform making business from the old railway station in Levin, with 6 ladies on the sewing machines. He was just starting to branch out into a range of outdoor clothing as he was unhappy with existing outdoor clothing. In quick succession he outgrew 2 or 3 industrial locations, and at its zenith had 40 or more seamstresses churning out quality gear, each with their own personal (hand made by YY) tag on the clothing.

But as time has progressed he has found it more and more difficult to find kiwis who want to be seamstresses. And now most of his workforce from the Swazi hey days have retired. and his skilled workforce has shrunk to just a few that make the more technical Swazi gear, the easy stuff to churn out being made in Thailand.

As the past three years have shown, when countries export most all of their industrial and manufacturing capability, everythings sweet...til its not.