Always an important export port, Bluff also has a aluminium smelter.
In 1963 it was the first port in New Zealand to build an all weather meat loader. To view a video clip of its operation click on the following link which also includes the story of servicing the isolated Kahurangi Lighthouse on the west Coast of the South Island.
http://www.ecasttv.co.nz/program_detail.php?program_id=1781&channel_id=60&group_id=65
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