The Yaldhurst Museum is located in the suburb of Yaldhurst, Christchurch, New Zealand, close to Christchurch International Airport, Riccarton Race Course and Ruapuna Speedway. The museum has a large collection of road transport vehicles, and it opened to the public in 1968. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Automotive industry in New Zealand | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:24 1 First automobiles 00:05:11 2 Early indigenous cars 00:08:35 3 Level of car ownership 00:09:32 4 Impact of legislation 00:10:44 4.1 America's domination 00:13:10 4.2 Cars from Britain 00:14:54 4.3 Australia and Japan 00:17:42 4.4 Used imports 00:18:28 5 Assembly process 00:19:39 6 Assembly plants 00:22:03 6.1 1922 Colonial Motor Company 00:23:48 6.2 1926 General Motors 00:26:53 6.3 1931 Rover 00:29:20 7 Government action 00:30:51 7.1 Completely knocked down 00:32:10 7.2 Import quotas by value 00:37:33 8 Assembly plants continued 00:37:43 8.1 1935 Todd Motors 00:40:23 8.2 1936 Ford Motor Company 00:41:12 8.3 New Zealand Motor Corporation 00:42:31 8.3.1 1936 Motor Assemblies 00:45:33 8.3.2 1937 Seabrook Fowlds 00:47:05 8.3.3 1939 Austin South Island 00:48:10 8.3.4 1939 Dominion Motors 00:50:50 9 Second World War 00:53:35 10 No-remittance licences 00:54:53 11 Assembly plants continued 00:55:03 11.1 1946 Austin Distributors Federation 00:55:28 11.1.1 1946 Associated Motor Industries and Austin Distributors Federation 00:56:13 11.2 1958 Motor Holdings 00:57:40 11.3 1964 Steel Brothers 01:00:19 11.4 1964 Campbell Motor Industries 01:03:09 12 New Zealand Motor Bodies 01:03:19 13 1970 Nissan 01:03:34 14 Components industry 01:04:38 15 Location of assembly plants 01:05:12 16 A snapshot of the industry 1966 01:11:20 17 Japanese Cars 01:13:54 17.1 iOther makes/i 01:15:07 18 New Zealand assembled 1967 01:15:45 19 NZIER review 1971 01:17:39 19.1 Demise of the assembly plants 01:19:11 20 Second Hand Imports and Left Hand Drive vehicles 01:20:58 21 Local manufacturers 01:21:07 21.1 From Trekka to date 01:24:54 21.2 Alternative fuel vehicle development 01:27:29 21.3 Kit cars and replicas 01:30:53 22 New vehicles registered and used imports registered 01:31:09 23 Museums and collections 01:31:47 24 See also
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The automotive industry in New Zealand supplies a market which has always had one of the world's highest car ownership ratios. The distributors of new cars are essentially the former owners of the assembly businesses. At the dealership level they have maintained their old retail chains in spite of the establishment of the many new independent businesses built since the 1980s by specialists in used imports from Japan. Toyota entered into direct competition with those used-import businesses refurbishing old Toyotas from Japan and selling them through their own dealers as a special line. The nation's car fleet is accordingly somewhat older than in most developed countries. New Zealand no longer assembles passenger cars. Assembly plants closed after tariff protection was removed and distributors found it cheaper to import cars fully assembled. Cars had been assembled at a rate nearing 100,000 a year in 1983 but with the country's economic difficulties their numbers dropped sharply. Towards the end of the decade the removal of various restrictions as part of the nation's restructuring of its economy made available low-priced old used cars from Japan. These used cars met the local need for high ownership levels in a financially straitened world but since that time continue to arrive in such large numbers they substantially increase the average age of the nation's fleet. Toyota, Ford, and General Motors Holden division still dominate the new car market. The tiny home market—the size of a large city— and distance from potential export customers worked with first-world pay rates against the formation of any significant indigenous manufacturers. Only small boutique kit and replica car firms were able to survive. They produce original kit and replica cars using locally-made car bodies and imported componentry for both the local and international markets. Several ...