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  2. James Fletcher (industrialist) - Wikipedia

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    Sir James Fletcher (29 March 1886 – 12 August 1974) was a New Zealand industrialist who founded Fletcher Construction, one of the country's largest firms. His son, Sir James Fletcher Junior, continued to build the corporation. He walked with a limp having broken his knee cap during his youth in Scotland.

  3. Fletcher Building - Wikipedia

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    On 20 May, Fletcher Building announced its intention to lay off about 1000 staff in New Zealand, or approximately 10 percent of its workforce, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] On 11 August, it was reported that Fletcher Building was expecting a loss of NZ$196 million for the year to June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]

  4. Fletcher Construction - Wikipedia

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    The firm was known as Fletcher and Morris and received their first commission on 1 June 1909. This was for a double bay wooden villa at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula and was built for £375 (New Zealand still used British pounds at that time). The house was occupied on 10 November 1909 by local merchant Hubert Green following his marriage to ...

  5. Fletcher Challenge - Wikipedia

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    Fletcher Challenge was a multinational corporation from New Zealand. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Fletcher Holdings , Challenge Corporation and Tasman Pulp and Paper . It had holdings in construction, forestry, building, and energy, initially just within New Zealand and then internationally as well, and at one time was the largest ...

  6. James Fletcher Jnr - Wikipedia

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    Fletcher was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on Christmas Day 1914.He was James Senior's second son. In 1942, the year Fletcher Jnr became head of Fletcher Holdings, he married his office assistant, Margery Vaughan Gunthorp (born 9 February 1912 at Balclutha). [3]

  7. PlaceMakers - Wikipedia

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    PlaceMakers is the trading name of Fletcher Distribution Limited, the retail trading arm of Fletcher Building in New Zealand. PlaceMakers also manufactures wall frames, roof trusses and structural components at various frame and truss operations. [1]

  8. Hugh Fletcher (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Fletcher's wife is the former Chief Justice of New Zealand Dame Sian Elias. His brother Angus Fletcher, who was also involved with the family firm, is ex-husband to former Mayor of Auckland, and City and Government Minister Christine Fletcher. His older brother Jim Fletcher was murdered at his holiday home in the Bay of Plenty in 1993. [3]

  9. NZAero - Wikipedia

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    Pacific Aerospace was formed from two companies, Air Parts (NZ) Ltd and Aero Engine Services Ltd. Air Parts imported Fletcher FU-24s in kit form during the mid-1950s and began manufacturing a significantly-modified variant, known as the PAC Fletcher, in 1965.