Story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries

Tīwai Point aluminium smelter

Tīwai Point aluminium smelter

New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter is at Tīwai Point. Its 1,112-metre causeway and the jetty in the distance stretch towards Bluff in the background.

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Megan Cook, 'Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries - Aluminium', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/21183/tiwai-point-aluminium-smelter (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Megan Cook, published 11 Mar 2010