More than a half-century ago, in November 1971, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand Keith Holyoake flew to Invercargill to open the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point powered by the newly commissioned Manapouri power station.
The dam project was controversial at the time, sparking outrage from
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