New Zealand Textile News Summaries

NEW ZEALAND: wool prices are surged due to diminishing supply
Wool prices last week reached levels not seen since the late 1980s.

NEW ZEALAND: looming shortage of wool Lifts Auction Prices
New Zealand Concerns about a looming shortage of wool resulted in auction prices rising last week despite an appreciating currency.

NEW ZEALAND: AgResearch hopes new line of fabric will raise wool demand
AgResearch hopes a new line of fabric will increase demand for wool and returns to sheep farmers.

NEW ZEALAND: Prices for carpet wool have shot up
Exporter Wool Services International reports that prices for coarser crossbred fleece and shears used for carpets rose by 4% to 11%.

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand - Wool prices lift again
Wool prices have continued the momentum of recent weeks with a further improvement at this week's North and South Island sales.

NEW ZEALAND: Kiwis' Workplace Attire Becoming More Casual
New Zealand workers are dressing more casually than they have in the past, according to 84 per cent of respondents to a recent survey.

NEW ZEALAND: Top Kiwi Designer for Air New Zealand Uniform
Air New Zealand announces it has engaged Trelise Cooper, one of New Zealand’s leading fashion designers, to assist in the design of the next Air New Zealand uniform.

NEW ZEALAND: Wool Industry Interests Opposed to a New Joint Venture
Wool industry interests opposed to a new joint venture have launched an all out bid to get farmers on their side.

NEW ZEALAND: Wool Services International Wants to Join Scouring Plan
Wool Services International (WSI) wants to buy some of the plant and equipment to be sold as part of a planned reduction of wool scouring factories.

NEW ZEALAND: Ethical Clothing Catching the Eye of the Hollywood A List
New Zealand brand Untouched World™ brings ethical clothing to the forefront of world fashion. Using social, cultural and environmental sustainability they design ethical luxury fashion without compromising performance and style.

NEW ZEALAND: Tika Merino To Showcase Expanded Eco Friendly Fashion Line
Eco friendly fashion designer tika limited will present an expanded tika merino line of fashion apparel in the new ECOLLECTION area at MAGIC in Las Vegas, Nevada

NEW ZEALAND: Wool Equities Announces Sale of Investments to AgResearch
Wool Equities Limited has today entered into a Share Transfer Agreement with AgResearch Limited for the sale of its 74.9% shareholding in Covita Limited

NEW ZEALAND: Air NZ Fashion Week Announces Internal Restructure
Air New Zealand Fashion Week (ANZFW) has today announced its new PR team for 2008.

NEW ZEALAND: Intimate apparel is the most desirable gift for Kiwi girls
In a recent Bendon Desirability Survey, it has been revealed that lingerie is top of most Kiwi women’s Christmas wish lists. Intimate apparel took out the vote as the most desired gift with 57% choosing lingerie over other gifts including perfume, flowers, manicures and foot massagers.

NEW ZEALAND: Lincoln scientists develop vest using knitted Vectran
Scientists at New Zealand's Lincoln Research Centre in Christchurch have developed the vest using a base of knitted Vectran, an ultra-high-strength fibre spun from liquid crystal polymer. Lincoln believes there could be great demand for such a vest, which is being marketed as "a new stab and fire-resistant fabric

NEW ZEALAND: Apparel Brands acquires Norsewear sale
Iconic New Zealand clothing brand Norsewear has been sold to clothing company Apparel Brands, which is to continue manufacturing in New Zealand. Because of this some jobs in the company are in doubt. Norsewear is a manufacturer

NEW ZEALAND: Chemcolour acquires Clariant Australia TLP
A private New Zealand chemical and raw materials supplier Chemcolour Industries has bought an Australian textile, leather and paper company Clariant Australian TLP. Clariant International is Chemcolour’s Swiss part-owner. Chemcolour will become

NEW ZEALAND: You have just got to try it
Fashion designer Diane Burkhardt is in the thick of preparation for Air New Zealand Fashion Week. She may be a picture of poise, but beneath the surface Diane Burkhardt admits she’s a bundle of butterflies. The Botany fashion designer is

NEW ZEALAND: China clothes imports cleared officially
The New Zealand Retailers Association (NRA) has said that the tests that showed excessive levels of the chemical formaldehyde in children's clothes imported from China were flawed and have put New Zealand's reputation at risk. The consumer watchdog

NEW ZEALAND: Nationwide checking for carcinogenic toxin in clothing
Clothing manufacturers, importers and designers have started testing or checking their products for the carcinogenic toxin amid fears of unsafe levels of formaldehyde in fabric. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is probing the issue, with testing for formaldehyde

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