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Exporting aluminium

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Exporting aluminium

This giant crane is used to load aluminium onto ships for export from the wharf at Tīwai Point. Secondary industries such as the aluminium smelter and meat and dairy processing contribute the bulk of New Zealand’s export earnings.

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Ganesh Nana, Industrial sectors – Secondary sector, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23157/exporting-aluminium (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ganesh Nana, published 7 December 2009.