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The presser closes the bale with four internal and five external metal bale fasteners, before weighing the bale, if the press does not have an inbuilt scale. Bales should weigh between 110 kg (243 lb) and 204 kg (450 lb), unless the wool is under 18.6 microns , in which case they may be a minimum gross weight of 90 kg (198 lb).
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 600 smaller islands.
Bremworth Limited (formerly Cavalier Corporation) is a New Zealand company specializing in the manufacture of broadloom wool carpet. Floated in 1984, the company was once included in the NZX 50 share index, as one of New Zealand's 50 largest public companies. It left the NZX50 due to a low market capitalisation in January 2013.
New Zealand has been excluded from maps at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in the United States, in IKEA stores, on the map of the board games Pandemic [4] and Risk, on the map of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in which Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key participated, at a world map seal at the United Nations ...
The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [ 1 ] Cartography and surveying have developed in incremental steps since that time till the integration of New Zealand into a global system based on GPS and the ...
However, as of 2017, the New Zealand Government still provides state investment in infrastructure which supports agriculture. [5] Pastoral farming is the major land use, but a significant amount of land is also devoted to horticulture. New Zealand is a member of the Cairns Group, which is seeking to have free trade in agricultural goods. [6]
The New Zealand wool boom of 1951, one of the greatest economic booms in the history of New Zealand, resulted directly from United States policy in the 1950–53 Korean War. In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, the United States of America sought to buy large quantities of wool to complete its strategic stockpiles.
New Zealand's major agricultural export commodity was wool during the late 19th century. [21] Even in the late 1960s it accounted for over a third of all export revenues. [21] but as its price has steadily dropped relative to other commodities [22] wool is no longer profitable for many farmers. [23]