New Zealand Wool Board

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inspired by a skein of wool, funded by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

The New Zealand Wool Board was established in 1944 under the Wool Industry Act.^[1]

Objective

Its key objective was 'to obtain, in the interests of growers, the best possible returns for New Zealand Wool'.^[1]

It was funded by a levy on the proceeds of growers' wool sales.^[1]

1 2 3 Julian Roche, p180, The International Wool Trade, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, England, 1995 ISBN 1 85573 191 6

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