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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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$US2.7m kick for former All White's woollen shoe

“Wool just does something that synthetics don't.” With special audio feature.

Hamish McNicol
Wed, 02 Mar 2016

A former All White captain’s “silly” woollen shoe idea has gone from a side project with his brother in Wellington to a newly-launched business and brand backed by more than $US2.7 million.

And he says the company, now named Allbirds, has more projects in the works, looking to disrupt an

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Hamish McNicol
Wed, 02 Mar 2016
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