NEW ZEALAND FEATURE
July 1st, 2005
BY MATTHEW BRACENEW Zealand might only have a population of just over four million people but it has a paint manufacturing industry of some note. Anyone who has visited the capital, Wellington, or seen pictures of it, will remember the rows of brightly coloured houses along the waterfront. Such use of colour has become a symbol of New Zealand.The most recent figures show paint manufacturing was worth NZ$120.7 million (US$84.5 million) in sales for the first quarter of (calendar) 2005. That figure is down slightly when compared to NZ$137.3 million (US$96.2 ...
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