5:08 pm today

Winston Pulp closing both pulp mills, 200 losing jobs

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm today

More than two hundred central North Island mill workers have been told they are officially out of work. In what's been described as a devastating blow to the Ruapehu District, Winston Pulp confirmed that it is closing both its mills for good. Weeks ago it signalled the price of electricty was making its operations unsustainable, local leaders, the community and Ministers rallied behind the scenes, trying to cut a deal to keep the mills open. Local woman Liz Booker was one of those who rallied, and who launched the Rescue Ruaphu petition spoke to Lisa Owen.