Advertisement Is this the end of Southland? Fight for Fairness campoign leader Carla Forbes Do you live in Southiond? Then you are significontly affected by Tiwai, whether you work there or not. Tiwai closes, Some significant parts of Southland close with a That's obout os simple os it con be put. while the grave nature of Tiwai's plight has certainly turnout ot a public meeting on Thursday evening demonstrated that people might not "ger" how serious beyond casual conversation - Southland is at a crisis point. Yes, Tiwai gets cheaop power. But when you're os lorge a consumer os Tiwal, using obout the some as the residential load of Auckland but only needing one line and one bill, of course you get a discount. That is how his situation i Let me spell this out. if Tiwai closes, the whole region is offected More than 2200 jobs ore offected. Of that, nearly a thousand Tiwai workers lose their job. Those people now out of a job don't have disposable income T aNo the same Our economy been ighted, this doesn't seem to be getting business d Ves. Theni is in negotiotions to adjust the price it pays transmission. Of course they are- they're a for something they don't use. Would you frecop: Trwai Point Aluminium Smelter has paid s200 million in evercharges during the post 10 yeors for power transmission. Power transmission is different prices. Where's that S200m been going? For s where from tronsmission upgrades and assets in the wai le a far deol boat. C be h Then those . hob North llond theirs? No becouse who wonts ere's been talk that shutting Tiwai will mean r power for the rest of New Zealand. No. The of people opplying r for every job? Then our housing morket croshes. That property you for one of the most critical employers in our region. versa. Thes was buit for Tiwol, and vice oinftrastructure for Manapouri wai aking place. Thafs becouse highenergy is now at the point where a strategic review of its sworth Monapouri to be costs and low aluminium prices make the business unprofitable. Let's foce it, we al know what a "review means. It's a foncy way of saying looking to shut something down. This won't change unless Tiwai's tranamission prices change. You'd be the poor corporate mochine Yes, Tiwol is port of a corporate. Yes, that corporate is on international one. But it is sil a business, Whot business, would ever be happy oboud poyng 6 ar a doesn't to carry power bock into the grid elsewhere in the The oS) becomes void. SORDS is meant to bring 10,000 people to the region by 2025. Insteod, we have a V toe eano benefit to the That infrastructure will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. You know what's cheoper than doing that? Giving Tiwai a fair deal on transmiion prices. There is o proposal for eeforming transmission mass enodut Less people, les money being spert in the region and a dying economy. From the hairdressers to your favourite cole, locol business is down the droin. There wont be 10 cofes to choose from, there will be one becouse there's not enough business to sustain them ol Most criticolly, schools and medical centres will close ond we will be forced to live in o city with fewer essential forgiven for thinking "ery me o river for deliver on S1 million onnuol but this isn't set to kick in until 2024 edurtio d stoo lote for Tiwai, lbe closed before then lands liveability is on the l Whe b take a troin every doay to u be happy to also pay for someone else Tregi is a massive contributor to New Zealand's Megan Woods. Sign Use your social noise. Now ia not the time to V L buniness that has operafions all accounts for6.5of Southland's GOP, with export cooomy, Ipending around NIDS400 million every yeor o W NES out this take a train to work everyday for nol over the world, and each of those businesses must be able to maintain its own financial viobility. Otherwise media et. If we con't get our messoge through, then we revenue of areund S1 bilion each year. All of that gone You soa coe that Tiwai could close. You should core that 1000 people will be out of o job, and that the businesses of a thousond more will be implicated, You be quiet. con't make a difference. You need to engage with this. You need to be as worried os Tiwoi. Southland has 10L000 voices. Where's yours? y would you keep operating it why Just becouse someone is a large consumer ond performs well financiolly doesn't meon they need to bolster others. should be worried. Dota mentioned in tha odvertorial has been sourced from For weeks, the Fight for Fairmess compoign has been hammering the messoge Tiwai is being screwed over with its power tronsmission prices. But the minimal Let's not beat around the bush. Tolking about power ond transmission pricing is about as boring os you can get when it comes to conversation topica. But we're well me infometrics Impact Assesament Report prepared for NZAS. KISS GOODBYE TO: $1 8 2200 6.5% Jobs, direct a indirect BILLION Southland GDP Esport Revenue $400 101,000 2$. MILLION Annuol expenditure SOUTHLAND VOICES FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS Where's yours? fightforfairness.nz %24 Advertisement Is this the end of Southland? Fight for Fairness campoign leader Carla Forbes Do you live in Southiond? Then you are significontly affected by Tiwai, whether you work there or not. Tiwai closes, Some significant parts of Southland close with a That's obout os simple os it con be put. while the grave nature of Tiwai's plight has certainly turnout ot a public meeting on Thursday evening demonstrated that people might not "ger" how serious beyond casual conversation - Southland is at a crisis point. Yes, Tiwai gets cheaop power. But when you're os lorge a consumer os Tiwal, using obout the some as the residential load of Auckland but only needing one line and one bill, of course you get a discount. That is how his situation i Let me spell this out. if Tiwai closes, the whole region is offected More than 2200 jobs ore offected. Of that, nearly a thousand Tiwai workers lose their job. Those people now out of a job don't have disposable income T aNo the same Our economy been ighted, this doesn't seem to be getting business d Ves. Theni is in negotiotions to adjust the price it pays transmission. Of course they are- they're a for something they don't use. Would you frecop: Trwai Point Aluminium Smelter has paid s200 million in evercharges during the post 10 yeors for power transmission. Power transmission is different prices. Where's that S200m been going? For s where from tronsmission upgrades and assets in the wai le a far deol boat. C be h Then those . hob North llond theirs? No becouse who wonts ere's been talk that shutting Tiwai will mean r power for the rest of New Zealand. No. The of people opplying r for every job? Then our housing morket croshes. That property you for one of the most critical employers in our region. versa. Thes was buit for Tiwol, and vice oinftrastructure for Manapouri wai aking place. Thafs becouse highenergy is now at the point where a strategic review of its sworth Monapouri to be costs and low aluminium prices make the business unprofitable. Let's foce it, we al know what a "review means. It's a foncy way of saying looking to shut something down. This won't change unless Tiwai's tranamission prices change. You'd be the poor corporate mochine Yes, Tiwol is port of a corporate. Yes, that corporate is on international one. But it is sil a business, Whot business, would ever be happy oboud poyng 6 ar a doesn't to carry power bock into the grid elsewhere in the The oS) becomes void. SORDS is meant to bring 10,000 people to the region by 2025. Insteod, we have a V toe eano benefit to the That infrastructure will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. You know what's cheoper than doing that? Giving Tiwai a fair deal on transmiion prices. There is o proposal for eeforming transmission mass enodut Less people, les money being spert in the region and a dying economy. From the hairdressers to your favourite cole, locol business is down the droin. There wont be 10 cofes to choose from, there will be one becouse there's not enough business to sustain them ol Most criticolly, schools and medical centres will close ond we will be forced to live in o city with fewer essential forgiven for thinking "ery me o river for deliver on S1 million onnuol but this isn't set to kick in until 2024 edurtio d stoo lote for Tiwai, lbe closed before then lands liveability is on the l Whe b take a troin every doay to u be happy to also pay for someone else Tregi is a massive contributor to New Zealand's Megan Woods. Sign Use your social noise. Now ia not the time to V L buniness that has operafions all accounts for6.5of Southland's GOP, with export cooomy, Ipending around NIDS400 million every yeor o W NES out this take a train to work everyday for nol over the world, and each of those businesses must be able to maintain its own financial viobility. Otherwise media et. If we con't get our messoge through, then we revenue of areund S1 bilion each year. All of that gone You soa coe that Tiwai could close. You should core that 1000 people will be out of o job, and that the businesses of a thousond more will be implicated, You be quiet. con't make a difference. You need to engage with this. You need to be as worried os Tiwoi. Southland has 10L000 voices. Where's yours? y would you keep operating it why Just becouse someone is a large consumer ond performs well financiolly doesn't meon they need to bolster others. should be worried. Dota mentioned in tha odvertorial has been sourced from For weeks, the Fight for Fairmess compoign has been hammering the messoge Tiwai is being screwed over with its power tronsmission prices. But the minimal Let's not beat around the bush. Tolking about power ond transmission pricing is about as boring os you can get when it comes to conversation topica. But we're well me infometrics Impact Assesament Report prepared for NZAS. KISS GOODBYE TO: $1 8 2200 6.5% Jobs, direct a indirect BILLION Southland GDP Esport Revenue $400 101,000 2$. MILLION Annuol expenditure SOUTHLAND VOICES FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS Where's yours? fightforfairness.nz %24