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Tiwai Future

On 14 January 2021 it was announced that the Tiwai Smelter will close in 2024. The story of Tiwai is complex. For many years the Tiwai Smelter operated with little disruption, with the owners of the smelter seeming to ‘hold all the cards’ in making sure the smelter remained open and viable. The environmental and cultural impacts of the smelter drew little attention.

Murihiku Regeneration is concerned about the long-term socio-economic, environmental, and cultural effects of the Tiwai Smelter closure.

On 7 April 2022 NZAS released the findings of its Preliminary Closure Study. Find out more about it and read the documents released.

Read the documents and have some feedback? Let us know! Fill out our Have your say online form.

Tiwai project - Awarua taking the lead

The Awarua Working Group (AWG) has set up a website to keep interested parties up to date with Tiwai Remediation: Cultural, Historical, Social.

The AWG has been set up to develop, drive and monitor the programme of work involving the closure of the Tiwai smelter and site remediation is being undertaken by Te Rūnaka o Awarua.

Awarua Rūnaka wants to ensure there is a continuation of a social and cultural lens taken when a successful remediation of Tiwai Point is described for our future generations. This looks like a safe continuation and enhancement of the activities undertaken – past, present, and future – with a level of confidence that these activities are safe (fishing, mahinga kai).

This site is not just an industrial site, but a site used for social and cultural purposes, that extend to the surrounding land and sea.

The AWG has developed a remediation strategy to deliver successful remediation of Tiwai Point.

Download the Te Rūnaka o Awarua Remediation Strategy for Tiwai Point (PDF, 837.21 kB).

The four core goals are as follows:
Goal 1: Preserve the past
Goal 2: Safely continue present activities
Goal 3: Preparation and readiness for future use
Goal 4: Enduring partnerships

Project Lead - Michael Stevens

Project Manager - Megan Reid

Project Team:

  • Dean Whaanga
  • Aimee Kaio
  • Gail Thomson
  • Jacqui Caine

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      • Subantarctic Islands
      • The Ross Sea Sector
      • Research and Monitoring
    • Green Energy
      • Clean Energy Workstream
        • Working Group - Meet the Team
        • Renewable Energy Strategy
        • Documents - Key Reading
        • Have your say
      • Hydrogen and Green Energy
      • Hydrogen and Climate Change
      • Bell Bay Hydrogen Cluster
      • Lake Onslow Hydro Scheme
    • Tiwai Future
      • Preliminary Closure Study
      • Cultural Significance of Tiwai Point
      • Environmental significance of Tiwai Point and surrounds
      • Tiwai Point - a contaminated site
      • Key documents and further reading
      • Have your say
    • Te Ao Tūroa - Environment
      • Hokonui Rūnanga Kaupapa Taiao
      • Te Tapu o Tāne Ltd
      • Climate change
      • Have your say
    • Te Ara Aukati Kore - Education, Training, and Capability
      • LEARNZ Hokonui Restoration: Tech in Te Taiao
      • LEARNZ Hokonui restoration field trip videos
      • Worker Transitions Workstream
      • Have your say!
    • Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities
    • Regional System Leadership
    • Just Transition
      • Have your say!

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... including offshore wind, tidal, and wave energy opportunities … Today (Tuesday 11 October), strong representation from Ngāi Tahu, led by Kaiwhakahaere Lisa Tumahai, Gail Thompson (Awarua Rūnaka), Terry Nicholas (Hokonui Rūnanga and Murihiku Regeneration), and supported by Jacqui Caine - Office… Read more

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      • Jana Davis
      • Dr Andrew Forrest AO (Fortescue Group)
      • Professor Sally Brooker (University of Otago)
      • Guy Waipara and James Flannery
      • Professor Frank Griffin and Milton Munro
      • Aditi Cook (Ministry of Education)
      • Rangatahi Tumeke Group
      • RPS Group
      • Mike Shatford
  • Our Mahi
    • Southern Ocean - Murihiku ki te Tonga
      • Subantarctic Islands
      • The Ross Sea Sector
      • Research and Monitoring
    • Green Energy
      • Clean Energy Workstream
        • Working Group - Meet the Team
        • Renewable Energy Strategy
        • Documents - Key Reading
        • Have your say
      • Hydrogen and Green Energy
      • Hydrogen and Climate Change
      • Bell Bay Hydrogen Cluster
      • Lake Onslow Hydro Scheme
    • Tiwai Future
      • Preliminary Closure Study
      • Cultural Significance of Tiwai Point
      • Environmental significance of Tiwai Point and surrounds
      • Tiwai Point - a contaminated site
      • Key documents and further reading
      • Have your say
    • Te Ao Tūroa - Environment
      • Hokonui Rūnanga Kaupapa Taiao
      • Te Tapu o Tāne Ltd
      • Climate change
      • Have your say
    • Te Ara Aukati Kore - Education, Training, and Capability
      • LEARNZ Hokonui Restoration: Tech in Te Taiao
      • LEARNZ Hokonui restoration field trip videos
      • Worker Transitions Workstream
      • Have your say!
    • Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities
    • Regional System Leadership
    • Just Transition
      • Have your say!
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