The End of No 2 Paper Machine in Kawerau

Another News Print Paper Machine shuts down. Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The town is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua. Kawerau is one of the youngest towns in New Zealand. It was founded in 1953 as a mill town for the new Tasman pulp and paper mill. The site for the mill was chosen because of the ready availability of geothermal energy, water from the Tarawera River and the large supply of pine timber from the nearby Kaingaroa forest. But with modern Technology ie Computers and cell phone people have started to stop buying News papers. There is Still one Machine left running. But for how long ???? Video filmed by NST Employees ....Frans Roozendaal and Steve Monk