Story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries

All images and media

From page 1 - Paper: the first attempts

Otago Paper Mills, 1885

Otago Paper Mills, 1885

Mataura mill label

Mataura mill label

Mataura papermakers

Mataura papermakers (1st of 3)

Mataura bag room, 1920s

Mataura bag room, 1920s (2nd of 3)

Cleaning rags, Mataura mill

Cleaning rags, Mataura mill (3rd of 3)

From page 2 - The pulp and paper boom

Kawerau mill, 1955

Kawerau mill, 1955

Making paper, Kinleith

Making paper, Kinleith

Kawerau community

Kawerau community

The ‘black drain’

The ‘black drain’

From page 3 - Aluminium

Tīwai Point aluminium smelter

Tīwai Point aluminium smelter

New Zealand in the international aluminium industry, 2007

New Zealand in the international aluminium industry, 2007

Aluminium entrepreneurs, 1928

Aluminium entrepreneurs, 1928

Independent Aramoana stamps

Independent Aramoana stamps

From page 4 - Steel

Making steel

Making steel

Smelting ironsand, Taranaki

Smelting ironsand, Taranaki

Scrap mill

Scrap mill

Oxygen lancing

Oxygen lancing (1st of 2)

New Zealand Steel mill

New Zealand Steel mill (2nd of 2)

How to cite this page:

Megan Cook, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/pulp-and-paper-aluminium-and-steel-industries/media (accessed 26 March 2023)

Story by Megan Cook, published 11 Mar 2010