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Kōrero: Waikato region

Kinleith pulp and paper mill

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Kinleith pulp and paper mill

The huge pulp and paper mill at Kinleith, near Tokoroa, was built by New Zealand Forest Products in the early 1950s to process wood from south Waikato exotic forests. The mill expanded considerably in the 1960s and 1970s, when the workforce reached its peak.

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Environment Waikato

by Johnathan Barran

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Energy and forestry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27149/kinleith-pulp-and-paper-mill (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.