8. Potential Areas for Economic Development
Areas where future economic development is planned:
- Further processing of products already produced in the region (e.g. wood and aluminium). In the forestry sector there is potential for increased re-manufacturing and there is interest in downstream processing, such as furniture manufacturing.
- Adding design value to products (e.g. paua shell veneer rather than low grade trinkets).
- Bulbs and floriculture (estimates of potential employment range up to 20,000 jobs).
- Bio-oil from cops such as meadow foam.
- Aquaculture.
- Tourism.
- Conference Southland.
- Trails (e.g. heritage trails).
- Activities and events (e.g. World Clay Bird Shooting Champs).
- Food products (e.g. Movenpick ice cream).
- Nickel smelter.
- Silica refinery.
- Mineral extraction.
- Call centre industry.
- Creative community.
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