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Tīwai Point aluminium smelter

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Tīwai Point aluminium smelter

New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter is at Tīwai Point. Its 1,112-metre causeway and the jetty in the distance stretch towards Bluff in the background.

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Megan Cook, Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries – Aluminium, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21183/tiwai-point-aluminium-smelter (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 21 January 2010.