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We are lucky enough to come from the most beautiful place on earth. We take our role seriously in helping keep it beautiful and helping folks enjoy its beauty. We're always keen to work with like-minded organisations who are also focused on...
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At Cactus, we’ve always been proudly Made in New Zealand. Since the earliest days in Wellington, and through our various Christchurch facilities, we’ve been the ones shouting from the rooftops about how important it is to protect and retain domestic manufacturing. Our co-founder Ben has seriously bored many a tramping hut dinner group with his theories about local manufacturing.
But today we’re announcing the next stage of Cactus, one which sees us embrace a hybrid model of sourcing. What this means in plain English is that some of our products will be sourced from partner factories offshore. We understand this may come as a surprise to many of our loyal customers and wanted to be upfront about what is happening,
If you split your pants and you'd been wearing them for a decade or more, would you consider sending them back to the manufacturer to fix? You can if they were made in New Zealand by an outdoor clothing company,...
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A couple of months ago. We sent out a bit of a survey. That served a couple of purposes: One, we wanted to learn a bit more about where our gear ends up. And two; we wanted to see if our big...
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A few weeks ago, Cam a Cactus fan sent us a pair of 'worn in' Supertrousers for a few repairs and a general tidy up. Over the phone, he mentioned they were "around-about 10-years old" and had been used just about every day....
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