Kinleith Update

About 18 workers will return to work at the Kinleith pulp and paper mill this afternoon in order to start up chlorine production.

They are making the move, at the request of their fellow striking workers, in order to avoid a national chlorine shortage.

Chlorine is a by-product of the Kinleith pulp and paper production process, and is necessary to keep the country’s public water supplies clean.

Whilst the striking workers remain firm in their resolve to see the dispute through, they do not want to disadvantage the public of New Zealand.