No brakes for luge maker after 40-year ride

High Duty Plastics boss Greg Lee reflects on what 40 years in business has taught him about endurance and self-belief.

Engineering and manufacturing company High Duty Plastics has operated from Rotorua for 40 years.

At just 26 years old, Greg Lee was willing to do whatever it took to make his family business work.

It was 1988, the stock market had crashed, and the Lee family's engineering company had just been delivered a cutting edge laser it just spent a “fair chunk of dough” on.

“Mum being a bit of a

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Kate McVicar Wed, 06 Aug 2025

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