Tasman Mill

38°04′26″S 176°43′12″E / 38.074°S 176.720°E / -38.074; 176.720 The Tasman Mill site is a pulp and paper mill located on Fletcher Avenue just outside the town of Kawerau in New Zealand. The Tasman Mill site is the largest single employer in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region[citation needed]. Three pulp or paper companies previously operated in Kawerau: Norske Skog operated the mechanical pulp mill and newsprint paper mill; Oji Fibre Solutions, formerly Carter Holt Harvey, operated the kraft pulp mill; and SCA (now Essity) who manufacture tissue and base paper (physically separate mill on Fletcher Avenue).

The Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill has been a source of controversy due to the discharging of waste into the Tarawera River.[1] Despite protests from locals (including local Iwi), resource consent was renewed in 2009 to allow for discharge into the river for the next 25 years.[2]

The workforce at the Tasman Mill declined from its peak in the 1980s. The Norske Skog Tasman mill that produced newsprint was closed in June 2021, with the loss of 160 jobs.

The main product from the Oji Fibre Solutions site is kraft pulp that is used for making containerboard and kraft paper.[3]

  1. ^ "Iwi not giving up fight against Tasman mill discharges". Radio New Zealand. 18 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. ^ Davison, Isaac (16 October 2009). "Mill gets 25-year pollution consent - Business - NZ Herald News". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Ltd". www.ojifs.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.