The recent announcement that Cadbury is closing its Dunedin factory is just the latest in a long-line of industries moving their manufacturing off-shore. But locally manufactured goods still account for almost 50 percent of the country's exports and manufacturers employ 12 percent of the workforce. So what is the future of manufacturing in New Zealand? Dieter Adam, the CEO of the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Rick Smith of Sutton Tools (NZ) and Les Kendall, CEO Temperzone Group, join Wallace to discuss just that.
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