Murupara, New Zealand, Australia
 
Year1955latitude: ° 0'
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Inhabitants2,000
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Literature- Morris Guest; John Singleton, 'The Murupara Project and Industrial Development in New Zealand 1945-65' in: "Australian Economic History Review", vol. 39, p. 52-71, 1999

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Murupara is located in an isolated part of the North Island of New Zealand. The town was planned by the Ministry of Works. The Murupara forestry scheme, eventually to mature as Tasman Pulp and Paper Company, was the most spectacular instance of state intervention in the first two postwar decades.

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