Wellington City Libraries has recently taken possession of a collection of newspaper clippings, prospectuses, annual reports, and other documents (including judgments on receivership and statutory management proceedings), for a number of New Zealand companies - both large and small. Some of this material dates from the 1970's, and many of these companies either no longer exist, or are not publicly listed. This is an invaluable collection for anyone who is researching company/industry history. Material for companies still operating will be integrated with the existing annual reports collection at a later date. This is a list of the companies.
See also our Finding NZ company information page.

B
Baigent Forest Industries
Baillie Farmers Motors
Ballin Rattray
Barclays
Bayfield
Beta Corporation (merged with Baker Group) (formerly United Transport Holdings Ltd)
Bexley Corporation
Bing Harris (Brierley's subsidiary)
Blandford Lodge
BNZ Finance
Borthwicks
Bowen Corporation (formerly Horticultural Industries)
Brierley's (1982-)
Bunting & Co Ltd

C
Cable Price Downer (CPD)
Canterbury Timber Products Ltd (subsidiary of Carter Holt)
Capital Investment Trust
Capital Power - see - Energydirect
Capitalcorp
Caprana
Carborundum
Cardrona
Carter Holt
Cascade Exploration
Cashcorp Holdings
Cashmere Pacific
CBS Forests
CCL Group (Computer Consultants Ltd)
Central Power
Ceramco
Ceres (includes Big Glory)
Chambard Property Developments
Charter Corporation
Chase Corporation
Cherrycorp Ltd
City Realities - see - Gulf Resources)
Clear Communications
Clearwood Thoroughbred Stud Limited
Clypex Resources (taken over by Big Glory) (formerly Clyde Group)
Coachwork International (formerly NZ Motor Bodies)
Coalcorp
Comalco New Zealand
Como Holdings
Consolidated Hardwood Industries (formerly Prodigal Gold)
Consolidated Metal Industries Ltd (CMI) (subsidiary of Brierley's)
Coronet (including Australian company)
Cory-Wright and Salmon
Crown Corporation
Cruise Corporation

D
DFC New Zealand Ltd
Dingwall and Paulger
Donaghy Industries
Dominion Breweries (also contains Magnum Corporation clippings) DRG New Zealand

E
East Coast Fertiliser
East Coast Gas
Eastern Equities Corporation Ltd (formerly Eastern Deer Corporation)
Earnsclough Orchards No 1 Ltd
Emco (formerly New Zealand Motor Corporation) - this file also includes info on Healing Industries. Empac (formerly James Smith)
Enerco
Energydirect (formerly Capital Power)
Entregrowth International (part of Chase)
Equiticorp (includes receivership details)
Ernest Adams
Ernslaw One
Europa Oil NZ Ltd

F
Farmers Trading Company (part of Chase)
Feltrax (changed name from Feltex and formerly Smith & Brown)
Fernz
Fisher & Paykel
Fletcher Challenge
Foodlands Associated Ltd
Foodstuffs
Forestry Corporation
Fortex Group
Fortuna
Foveaux Radio
Fruit Farm Ltd
Fullers Corporation
Further Developments (formerly Commodore Computers Corp)

G
Gaze Holdings
Girvan Corporation
Gold Resources Ltd
Goldcorp
Goldfields
Goodman Fielder Watties
Gulf Resources Pacific (formerly City Realities)

H
Hallensteins Glassons
Hamelyn Group (including Creditcorp)
Hawkes Bay Farmers Co-op
Hawkes Bay Transport Holdings Ltd
Hawley Group (formerly Crothalls)
Healing Industries - see - Emco
Henderson and Pollard (subsidiary of Carter Holt)
Hobson Group (including Queenstown Resorts Ltd) - see also - Argus Questar
Holdcorp Group
Hooker Corporation
Horner Greenlees

J
James Hardie
James Smith (includes Mancorp & Narnia material)
Jarden Corporation
Jarden and Co
Jarden Fleming
Jennings Industries
John Edmond Ltd (formerly Ashby Bergh)

K
Kale Capital Corporation
Kaurex Corporation
Kearns Corporation
Kenwood Stud
Kern Corporation
Kiwifruit Marketing Board
Kupe Group

L
Lakeland Properties
Landmark Corporation
Lanes Industries
Laurensons
Leadenhall Investment Managers
Leisure Lea (includes Areco Corp)
Leisureland Corp
Leyland Investments Ltd

M
McAlpine Industries - see - Ceramco subsidiaries
McConnell Dowell
McKechnie Pacific Ltd
McPhersons Ltd (see also Ajax McPhersons)
McSkimming Industries - see - Ceramco subsidiaries
Madison Corporation
Magnetics Research International
Magnum Corporation (formerly Rothmans Industries) (see also Ballin Rattray)
Mancorp
Manthel Holdings
Markham Investments
Maxwell Marine
Midland Coachlines (taken over by Ceramco 1981)
Milburn
Mirage (went into receivership)
M O'Brien and Co Ltd.
MSI Corporation
Mt Cavendish Gondola Co Ltd
Mt Cook - see also Air NZ for the Commerce Commission decision on merger/takeover of Mt Cook 1985
Mutual Pacific

N
Natwest
National Provident Fund
National Mutual
Navistar
NCF Kaiapoi
Neil Industries (Brierley's subsidiary)
New Zealand Apple and Pear Board
NZ Co-op Dairy
New Zealand Enterprise Board (includes Flat Rocks Forest Trust)
New Zealand Forest Products
New Zealand Goldfields
NZI Group (incl New Zealand Insurance)
New Zealand Motor Corporation (see Emco)
NZ Oil and Gas (N.Z.O.G.)
NZ Petroleum
New Zealand Refrigeration Co. - see - Waitaki Industries Ltd
New Zealand Steel
Newmans Group
Niven Industries Ltd (Brierley's subsidiary)
Northern Steamship Co

O
Odlins
Owens Group (incl subsidiary Mogal Corporation)

P
Pacer
Pacific Challenge
Pacific Sun
Paladin /New Zealand Equities
Pan Austral Ltd (formerly Miniskips (NZ) Ltd)
Panz Corporation (formerly Batley Printing)
Perry Dines Corporation
Petrocorp
Pharmol Pacific
Platinum Group
Postbank
Premier Mining Securities
Prime Site Reality Ltd (formerly Hallenstein Brothers Ltd)
Prime West Corporation Ltd (formerly Sovereign Gold Mines Ltd)
Producorp
Progressive Enterprises

Q
Qtron Holdings Ltd
Quality Inns

R
Rainbow Corporation
Renouf
Rex Consolidated
Robert Jones Investments
RSL (Registered Securities) - went into Liquidation 1988

S
Sealords
Securitibank - went into liquidation 1984?
H.W. Smith (part of Judge Corp)
Smith & Smith Ltd (see Alex Harvey Industries for Commerce Commission decision re merger/takeover of Smith & Smith)
Smiths City
Stevens KMS (see also Zuellig NZ)
Strada Entertainment
Strategic Capital
Striker Group NL (formerly Luxoil)
Suckling Industries (taken over by Brierleys)
Sunbeam Victa
Swift New Zealand (see Waitaki Industries Ltd)

T
Tappenden Industries (see Ceramco subsidiaries)
Tasman Properties
Technicorp Investments Ltd
Theseus Investments
Triple M
Troy Corporation
TrustBank
Tulwest
Tyco (formerly Wormald International)

U
Ubix
UEB Industries (clippings back to the 1960s)
Union Gold
Unigroup (Unity Group)
United Publishing and Printing Company Ltd (UPP) - sibsidiary of Wilson & Horton

V
Visionhire Holdings Ltd (part of Euro-National)

W
Waitaki Industries and Subsidiaries (incl NZ Refrigeration Company & Swift New Zealand)
Watties Industries (clippings back to the 1960s Plus Commerce Commission rulings) - see also Goodman Fielder Watties
Whitcoulls (incl Coulls, Somerville Wilkie Ltd and Whitcombe and Tombs)
Wilkins and Davies (clippings 1960s-)
Williams and Kettle
Williamson Jeffrey Ltd
Wilson and Horton (clippings, commerce commission rulings, annual reports)
Wilson Neill
Wormald International Ltd (see also Tyco)
Wrightons

Y
Yates

Z
Zuellig NZ (formerly Stevens KMS)