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Through the mill: Tokoroa’s tough year was about much more than job losses

Written by Fiona Hurd, Associate Professor, Marketing & International Business, Auckland University of Technology

For Kinleith Mill, cycles of new owners, restructuring and retrenchment have been a fact of life since the 1980s. Each ownership change and downsizing has affected the mill’s workforce – and, inevitably, the Tokoroa community.

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Through the mill: Tokoroa’s tough year was about much more than job losses

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