Tokoroa’s Kinleith Mill owner has confirmed plans to permanently end paper production. 

From June the change will be implemented and roughly 230 factory workers will be jobless. 

South Waikato District Mayor Gary Petley says the impact on the town will be ‘huge.’

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<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">From June the change will be implemented and roughly 230 factory workers will be jobless. 
<p style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">South Waikato District Mayor Gary Petley says the impact on the town will be ‘huge.’
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Gary Petley: South Waikato District Mayor on the shutdown of the Kinleith Mill paper division

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