Finance Minister Grant Robertson speaks on the Tiwai Point smelter closure, which will result in the loss of thousands of jobs. Speaking to media on Thursday, the Government’s Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, again pointed to aquaculture as an industry that could help Southland’s economy recover. Former South Port chief Mark O’Connor heads up the Southland’s Aquaculture Working Group which has been working on the project for close to three years. Robyn Edie/Stuff Tiwai Point aluminium smelter chief executive Stewart Hamilton discusses the closure of the smelter. Southland Chamber of Commerce president Neil McAra said the reality was the impact of aquaculture was not a medium-term solution for finding replacement jobs for those lost through the Tiwai closure.

Source: Stuff July 10, 2020 02:48 UTC