For about two years the HMV (NZ) Ltd. had been supplying the New Plymouth and Dannevirke Columbus shops with records for retail sale and although RCNZ was hopeful that further shops might be included this was not to be the case and in mid 1948 the supply agreement was cancelled.
The parent company RCNZ was bought by PYE Industries of Auckland about 1958, and later by RCA Records when it set up a NZ branch in 1975 [REF].