About this episode

Jacinta FitzGerald discusses a new strategy to enhance the value of New Zealand's fibre production.

Enough fibre to fill 6600 shipping containers is produced by New Zealand every year, much of it exported as unprocessed product with its value-added potential unrealised, CEO of Fashion and Textiles NZ Jacinta FitzGerald outlines a new strategy to change that.

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