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Sometimes you have to push through the sad jazz before arriving at true joy.

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No surprise over BOP mill closure Clifton McKenzie, after 45 years working at the mill, is looking onwards and upwards and towards the next stage of his life. Photo: Scott Yeoman/Stuff. ); } else { // } Clifton McKenzie is taking a gap year. At the age of 62, after spending the past 45 years of his life working at the Tasman Mill in Kawerau, McKenzie got some news this week that cleared his calendar for the near future. “I was hoping when I left here when I was 65 ...

After 66 years as Kawerau's big employer, news of the Tasman Mill's imminent closure with the loss of 160 jobs is just starting to sink in.

"There's a lot of people here who, because of their age [and] skill profile, are going to really struggle."

Tasman Mills closure will

"There's a lot of people here who, because of their age [and] skill profile, are going to really struggle."

Falling demand for newsprint was the key reason for closure, mill says.