NZ Made & 100% natural
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Topic: NZ Made & 100% natural
Posted By: MelandBri
Subject: NZ Made & 100% natural
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 2:45pm
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With all this drama happening in China, I'm now getting a bit paranoid that every single item of clothing I have ever bought is made in China. Does anyone know where you can buy NZ Made clothing for a reasonable price. Usually anything NZ Made is very expensive.
Surely there must be some good sites where you can buy reasonable clothing. Also 100% natural or organic soaps, deodorants, dish liquid, washing powder and stuff like that. I'm now getting really worried about all the chemicals I use on a regular basis. It really is a worry isn't it, just makes me thinks what else do we regularly use that is full of harmful chemicals. |
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Posted By: CRS
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 2:51pm
I hate to be a party pooper but.... some clothing is MADE in new zealand but the material is made in china  ------------- Bonnie, Mum to a 1 1/2 year old & a 3 year old - still RF in their Brio Zento's CPST & Safe2Go Technician www.childrestraintsafety.com 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 3:00pm
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yeah its hard to know exactly what is 100% NZ made, as the labelling doesnt have to tell you!! I was wondering - does anyone know - if you buy fabric and make clothes yourself, how you can find out where the fabric is made? I dont think I have ever seen any labelling on the rolls in the fabric stores. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 3:18pm
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I buy Ecostore now for that reason.
http://www.lemongrove.co.nz - Lemon Grove has natural products for cleaning etc. I've resolved to buy most of my clothes from op shops now. I can't shop at Glassons (or others with similar ranges) anymore. Every time I walk in there I cringe at the thought of what is in the clothes and the poor souls that had to make them. |
Posted By: becsscolly
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 3:22pm
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I was thinking the same thing SimSam... Hmmm, all a bit daunting really! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: MelandBri
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 3:33pm
Ok, well I hadn't even thought about that. So even if you buy NZ made clothing, the material has probably come from China. This is all a bit daunting. I really wasn't aware that ALL clothing was made in China. I was surprised that when I went through mine and my daughters clothing that everything said Made in China on the label. What are we supposed to do. Thanks nikki I'll check out that site. |
CRS wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 3:42pm
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Mokopuna Merino stuff is all 100% NZ materials made into clothing in China, but they have it all PH tested to ensure that the levels are acceptable and don't use any formaldehyde in their processing. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
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Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 4:13pm
| Here's a site for natural soaps and bodywashes etc. http://www.nectarbodycare.com/ - HERE |
Posted By: MelandBri
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 4:23pm
| Thanks those products look great. Do you buy them? |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 4:38pm
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Eco store stuff is great. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 6:03pm
I have been thinking about it quite a bit too. I think it is more of a "media hype" and in fact, most clothes have been going through this process for years. As long as you wash clothes thoroughly, they should be okay. Still is worrying though  . Not all clothes are made in China, some are made in other places, like Kenya etc.. not that it makes it any better in regards to slave labour  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Georgia
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 2:58pm
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if things werent made in china then they would be 3x times the price and so we would then complain about that. we cant win really.
i was in the warehouse the other day and it totally put me off the clothes after seeing target. ive been looking around for safe clothing but its pretty much impossible to find, i think the best thing is to soak and wash before wearing. the other thing to be careful of is thermal fabric in kids rooms, it lets off harmful chemicals when it gets to a certain temperature. I would never have this type of fabric in my childrens room now that i know about it. its really toxic. |
Posted By: Georgia
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 2:59pm
sorry i forgot to say thermal curtains is what i was referring to.
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Posted By: MelandBri
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 4:30pm
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Really Georgia, I've never heard that about thermal curtains, all my curtains in my house are thermal.
Thats really scary |
Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 6:08pm
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If you have a look on the selvedge of the fabric (the very edge), usually there's either a white band with coloured dots and the name of the fabric company and sometimes the range it's from, or it's printed in small letters just on the very edge of the fabric. If you know who the fabric company is, you can look them up on the internet and find out where their textiles are milled. Sometimes it'll tell you on the selvedge where the fabric was manufactured, but not terribly often. Most of the fabrics that we get from fabric stores in New Zealand do come out of China and other Asian countries, because textile milling is a big part of their economy. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 9:29pm
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how can people make products that they KNOW could harm people! I mean, don't they have a conscience? I know formeldyhyde is used to stop clothes creasing, but surely they must realise the levels being used are harmful?
then again, that CEO inchina recently hung himself over this stuff - so maybe some people DO feel bad. |
Posted By: Georgia
Date Posted: 24 August 2007 at 9:32pm
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my mum has been in the curtain business for 15 years and advises people not to use thermal as the backing is made of a chemical that when it gets to a certain temperature it lets off gasses.
i only found out this when i put thermal curtains from the warehouse in my daughters room, (which gets very sunny) anyway she started waking alot during the night and every time i went in there it smelt like glue, it got so bad that i was feeling sick from it. i couldnt figure it out and mentioned it to my mum one day. first thing she said was what curtains are in there? i took them down straight away and within a few days the smell was gone. freaked me out! |
Posted By: Georgia
Date Posted: 24 August 2007 at 9:35pm
| they say thermals are not so bad in lounge and dining etc where you dont sleep. but to never have them in kids rooms. i sometimes wonder if thats why alot of babies dont sleep well. because my daughter rarely wakes during the night and while these were up she was waking alot! very strange. and very scary. |