Tiwai Point: Fifty Years in the Furnace

Eyewitness by RNZ

Dec 9, 202000:18:44Society & Culture

Tiwai Point is a polarising place, people tend to love it or hate it. 2021 will be its 50th year of operations, it could also be the smelter's last. Eyewitness follows the history of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Th...

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