Timaru meatworks to close, affecting 600 jobs

Hundreds of workers at Alliance Group's Smithfield meatworks in Timaru have lost their jobs under a proposal to close the processing plant. The 600 staff were called into a surprise meeting at 11am. The meatworks is one of the biggest employers in the Timaru District. Charlotte speaks with RNZ reporter Timothy Brown and Nigel Bowen, the mayor of Timaru.