HMV (His Masters Voice) record factory

The pressing plant opened in 1948 in Kilbirnie, moved to Wakefield Street in 1950 and then to Lower Hutt in 1974.

Man operating pressing machine and processing vinyl sound recordings, photographed at His Masters Voice New Zealand Ltd factory, Wakefield Street, Wellington, in May 1957 by Morrie Hill.

Colourised By Brendan Graham 2015 from an original black and white Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library.