Editing Porirua (section)

===Industry===
Substantial industrial areas, generally west of the city centre, have evolved. During the 1960s [[Kodak]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cyleow.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/kodak-moment-at-porirua.html |title=Man Behind Lens: "Kodak Moment" At Porirua! |publisher=Cyleow.blogspot.com.au |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> UEB Industries and many small businesses opened at Elsdon. During the following decade, Ashley Wallpapers developed the former UEB property and after favourable negotiations with the government, [[Todd Corporation|Todd Motors]] (later Mitsubishi) moved from Petone to Porirua.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcc.govt.nz/About-Porirua/Porirua-s-heritage/Porirua-s-suburbs/Porirua-City-Centre--Elsdon-and-Takapuwahia/Historic-site--Todd-Park |title=Historic site: Todd Park |access-date=14 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223131640/http://www.pcc.govt.nz/About-Porirua/Porirua-s-heritage/Porirua-s-suburbs/Porirua-City-Centre--Elsdon-and-Takapuwahia/Historic-site--Todd-Park |archive-date=23 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Todd Motors was a vehicle assembly company which moved from Petone and opened a large factory in Porirua in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://toddcorporation.com/history/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Todd Corporation |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The factory covered {{convert|5.2|hectare|acre|}} on a {{convert|33|hectare|acre|adj=on}} site known as Todd Park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Catherine |date=17 August 2015 |title=Syndicate poised to buy Porirua's Todd Park |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/71186847/syndicate-poised-to-buy-poriruas-todd-park |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> At its peak there were 1500 employees building 22,000 vehicles per year. The company was sold to Mitsubishi in 1987 and the factory closed in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Penman |first=Neil |last2=Taonga |first2=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu |title=Todd Park |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22843/todd-park |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=teara.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taonga |first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu |title=Demise of the car-assembly and component industries |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/cars-and-the-motor-industry/page-4 |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=teara.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref>

Hills Hats (established in 1875) set up premises in Porirua in the 1950s. By 1996 it employed 80 people at Porirua and was exporting 75% of its production to 23 countries. The company was sold to overseas investors in 1997,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barlow |first=Jude |date=1 May 1997 |title=Overseas investor buys Hills Hats |edition=3rd |page=11 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |access-date= <!-- |via=Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream -->}}</ref> then went into receivership and was bought by Wellington investors in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 Apr 1998 |title=Hat firm sold |page=19 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] <!-- |via=Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream -->}}</ref> In 2003, the company shifted from Porirua to Petone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathew |first=Loh Ho-Sang |date=14 July 2003 |title=Hills Hats heading in new direction |edition=2nd |page=C1 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |via=Australia & New Zealand Newsstream}}</ref>

Bonds Hosiery (later Hilton Bonds, then Sara Lee Apparel, part of Pacific Dunlop) was established in Porirua in the 1960s or early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shaw |first=Bob |date=18 August 1998 |title=Hosiery maker moves to SupaCentre |page=13 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] <!-- |via=Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tyler |first=Fran |date=16 May 2001 |title=Fashion change blamed for closure |page=3 |work=Dominion <!-- |via=Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream -->}}</ref> In 2001, the factory closed with the loss of 55 jobs, the result of declining hosiery sales worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oldham |first=Stu |date=15 May 2001 |title=Thirty jobs to be cut at Jockey plant |page=7 |work=[[The Press]] <!-- |via=Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream -->}}</ref>

[[Whittaker's]] confectionery manufacturers moved their business from Wellington to Porirua in 1969 and as of 2022, have around 160 employees at the Porirua factory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business profile – Whittaker's |url=https://poriruacity.govt.nz/business/business-profiles/whittakers-poriruas-pioneers/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=poriruacity.govt.nz |language=en-nz}}</ref>