27 Oct 2021

NZers subsidising Rio Tinto about $500m a year - Electricity Authority

From Checkpoint, 5:43 pm on 27 October 2021

About $200 a year - that's what it's costing NZ households in order for the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter to stay open, the Electricity Authority says.

It says New Zealanders are subsidising the multinational by about $500 million a year.

Our reporter Ruth Hill hit the streets of Wellington to gauge reaction.