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Wallace Meats: is a subsidiary of Wallace Corporation, with beef processingplants at Thames and Waitoa. 60AFFCO: this meat company began operations in 1904. It operates aslaughtering and processing facility and rendering plant at Horotiu. 61Prolife Foods: was founded in 1984 and its head office is located in Hamilton.Its product range includes nuts, dried fruits, muesli bars, cereals, grains,chocolates, confectionery and more. 62Figure 24 illustrates exports of thefood manufacturing sectors from theWaikato region. These sectors makeup 33 per cent of international exportsand 14 per cent of interregionalexports from the Waikato region.Hamilton city produces 20 per cent ofthe output value but a third of foodexports. Matamata-Piako district is thesecond largest food product producerwith 26 per cent of exports, and Waipadistrict is third with 14 per cent.There are many small-scale foodmanufacturing businesses in theWaikato region with five or feweremployees, as illustrated by figure 25.But there are also 20 businesses withmore than a hundred employees. Ofthe 7,500 employees in food andbeverage manufacturing, 70 per centare employed by the largest 20business units. The average numberof employees per business unit is 25.Figure 24: Food product exports by territorialauthority ($m 2007)Figure 25: Food manufacturing business unitsby number of employees (2010)60Ministry of Economic Development (2012e) Wallace Corporation Ltd.61AFFCO New Zealand (2010) Horotiu – ME23.62Prolife Foods Ltd (2012) Home.Page 28 Doc #: 2069885
Dairy product manufacturing is moretightly clustered than dairy farmingand occurs in only 19 out of the 200area-units in the Waikato region.Matamata-Piako district has thehighest number of dairymanufacturing employees (1,060)and the highest proportion of thelabour force employed in dairymanufacturing (8.2 per cent), asshown in figure 26.Figure 26: Location quotient and employees –dairy product manufacturingMeat product manufacturing is alsolimited to a small number of sitesthroughout the region, as shown infigure 27.Matamata-Piako district has the largestnumber of employees (1,560) and thehighest location quotient is Waitomodistrict, where 15.7 per cent of thelabour force is employed in meatmanufacturing.Excluding dairy and meat productmanufacturing, food and beveragemanufacturing has a relatively lowlocation quotient in the Waikato region,as shown in figures 28 and 29. It is,however, a more significant industry inThames-Coromandel district,particularly in Whitianga. The majorityof food manufacturing in Thames-Coromandel is seafood-related, andsome small scale bakery operations.Figure 27: Location quotient and employees –meat product manufacturingDoc # 2069885 Page 29
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Page 7 and 8: Table of contentsAcknowledgementLis
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Page 14 and 15: The Government aims to create an en
Page 16 and 17: TransportAlmost a quarter of total
Page 18 and 19: Regional competitivenessRelative pe
Page 20 and 21: WRC identified three flagship goals
Page 22 and 23: WRC adopted the concept of green gr
Page 24 and 25: Figure 4: Real value of goods and s
Page 26 and 27: 4. Foster policy learning through b
Page 28 and 29: economic development strategy for t
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Page 32 and 33: Figure 8: Unemployment by region, 2
Page 34 and 35: Figure 12: Median household and per
Page 36 and 37: Figure 15: Deprivation in Hamilton
Page 38 and 39: In addition to dairy products contr
Page 40 and 41: In May 2009, DairyNZ launched the S
Page 42 and 43: New Zealand exported $716.9 million
Page 46 and 47: Figure 29: Location quotient and em
Page 48 and 49: Figure 30: AgBio New Zealand produc
Page 50 and 51: Five of New Zealand’s six largest
Page 54 and 55: Most providers of high valueservice
Page 56 and 57: When measured for its value to the
Page 58 and 59: is not considered by this profile t
Page 62 and 63: 4.2 Transport4.2.1 RoadThe current
Page 64 and 65: Local roads in the Waikato region a
Page 66 and 67: Waikato to, or from, the Bay of Ple
Page 68 and 69: Approximately 40 per cent of all ex
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Page 72 and 73: The New Zealand Energy Strategy has
Page 74 and 75: Figure 62: Transpower transmission
Page 76 and 77: Coal has been mined in the Waikator
Page 78 and 79: 4.3.4 OilWaikato does not produce o
Page 80 and 81: etween 75 and 100 years. 202 The de
Page 82 and 83: Taupō District CouncilWater supply
Page 84 and 85: 4.4.3 Productive water infrastructu
Page 86 and 87: The surveys identified that there i
Page 88 and 89: RBI has been implemented by the Gov
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Page 92 and 93: 5 People5.1 SummaryThis chapter des
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Figure 81: Urban population in the
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5.2.3 AgeingFigure 83: Percentage i
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Figure 88: Proportion of population
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Figure 92: Highest qualification pr
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Figure 95: Labour market areas in t
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Figure 99: Commuting patterns (2006
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Three areas of the Waikato region h
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Figure 101: Land uses in the Waikat
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120%100%80%60%40%Land with limitati
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6.6 WaterFreshwater is important fo
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Table 10: Current water take author
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7 Institutions7.1 SummaryCentral an
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The final report of the Government
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Local authority Strategy DeliveryRo
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Local authority Strategy Vision Goa
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Local authority Strategy Vision Goa
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Figure 106: Iwi of the Waikato regi
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SettlementprogressMāoriCommercialA
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SettlementprogressDeed ofSettlement
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Figure 108: Geographic units with 0
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Figure 111: Entry rate (percentage
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Gas supply 0.44Air transport, servi
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Capital productivity is value added
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have low tangible assets and low or
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11 Innovation system11.1 SummaryAs
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Zealand universities (34 per cent).
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cent), health (21 per cent) and hos
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Figure 124: Waikato ITO trainees (2
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The University of Waikato has five
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esearch.” 398 Research is essenti
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Landcare ResearchNational Institute
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11.4 Business development and growt
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Waikato Innovation Park provides se
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12 Key findings and next stepsThe W
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There are also a number of opportun
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BibliographyAFFCO New Zealand 2010.
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Hauraki District Council 2009. Haur
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Ministry of Economic Development 20
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New Zealand Transport Agency 2010.
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South Waikato District Council 2009
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Waikato Regional Council 2011f. Lan
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