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Making paper, Kinleith

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By 1954 the Kinleith pulp and paper mill was in operation. Here the papermaking process is shown, beginning with the processing of wood pulp. Once the paper has been made, it is rolled and cut to size.

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Reference: No random harvest. National Film Unit, 1954

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Megan Cook, Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries – The pulp and paper boom, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/21178/making-paper-kinleith (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 21 January 2010.