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Kōrero: Regional economies

Tasman pulp and paper mill in Kawerau, Bay of Plenty

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Tasman pulp and paper mill in Kawerau, Bay of Plenty

The Tasman pulp and paper mill started production in the mid-1950s, as did the New Zealand Forest Products mill at Kinleith. They added a new facet to the regional economies of the Bay of Plenty and the Volcanic Plateau. Both were among New Zealand’s largest industrial enterprises.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Regional economies – Regional economies, 1920 to 1960, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25227/tasman-pulp-and-paper-mill-in-kawerau-bay-of-plenty (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.