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co-operatives

Poole Quentin

The wholesale changes to economic life in the past six years have affected the dairy industry as much as any other sector within New Zealand. Changes to: (a) Taxation ego Taxation of co-operative profits, (b) Commercial activity as seen in no longer having tied supplies (until the July 1990 regulations!) (c) Trying to define ownership … Read more

Hughes, Sinclair

A simple introduction as to what a machinery ring is could describe it as “a management co-operative whose members, through a central office and accounting system, seek to rationalise their machinery and labour levels by doing work for and/or having work done for them by other members. It aims to make best use of members’ … Read more

Simpson, Don B.

The co-operative movement in New Zealand has been going for over 100 years. During this period of time there have been many notable achievements and also failures. One of the saddest aspects of this period is the lack of documentation. With my somewhat limited resources I will endeavour to do an assessment of farming co-operatives … Read more