Can NZ do anything to save local manufacturing jobs?

Total manufacturing activity fell 1.4 per cent in the September 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.

However, excluding meat and dairy product manufacturing, volumes rose 1 per cent.

"This rise, the first in seven quarters, follows a 15-year low last quarter," said business statistics manager Louise Holmes-Oliver.

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