Whakatane Board Mill

New Zealand / Bay of Plenty / Whakatane /
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Cardboard mill in operation since 1939. Currently has approx 400 employees. Draws around 3,000,000 litres of water a day from the whakatane river. Owned by Carter Holt Harvey. Used to own and operate a industrial rail line from the taneatua branch line at Awakeri. This line closed in 1999 after takeover from Kiwirail (then tranzrail).
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Coordinates:   37°57'20"S   176°58'0"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago