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Export development in New Zealand: Kiwifruit and seafood 1975–1985

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posted on 2022-08-23, 04:00 authored by James McAloonJames McAloon
This paper discusses export development in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s with reference to the long-running literature about the sustainability of natural resource-based growth, export diversification, and the role of state regulation and encouragement. Since 1970 New Zealand's export commodity mix has diversified. Pastoral exports, once dominant, are complemented by seafood, wine, fruit, vegetables, forest products and a range of manufactured goods. Diversification of export markets and commodities was a priority for policymakers from the mid-1950s, and more so from the mid-1970s. Export incentives were a chosen instrument. Seafood and kiwifruit were among the most significant examples of primary sector diversification. The paper finds that the circumstances of each industry required different government policies, and that entrepreneurship and innovation were significant alongside government policy.

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McAloon, J. (2022). Export development in New Zealand: Kiwifruit and seafood 1975–1985. Australian Economic History Review, 62(1), 80-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12234

Journal title

Australian Economic History Review

Volume

62

Issue

1

Publication date

2022-03-01

Pagination

80-100

Publisher

Wiley

Publication status

Published

Online publication date

2021-12-14

ISSN

0004-8992

eISSN

1467-8446

Language

en