Stamps issued in 1981 by Aramoana to raise funds for the anti-smelter campaign.

The Independent State of Aramoana was a micronation that existed in New Zealand during the early 1980s. Download high resolution version (650x748, 105 KB)Stamps issued by the Independent State of Aramoana in 1981. ... Download high resolution version (650x748, 105 KB)Stamps issued by the Independent State of Aramoana in 1981. ... This article is about entities that are not recognized by any world government. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

It was founded in response to a plan by a consortium comprised of New Zealand-based Fletcher-Challenge, Australia's CSR and Swiss firm Alusuisse to build a large aluminium smelting facility in an environmentally sensitive area known as Aramoana at the head of Otago Harbour, near Dunedin, on the New Zealand's South Island. The acronym CSR might denote one of the following: Corporate social responsibility Certificate signing request Customer service representative Cambridge Silicon Radio, a Cambridge-based hardware and software company Creation Research Society This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... Aramoana mudflats at the mouth of Otago Harbour Aramoana is a small coastal settlement, 27 kilometres north of Dunedin city, in the South Island of New Zealand. ... Otago Harbour consists of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating Otago Peninsula from the main urban areas of Dunedin, New Zealand. ... Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...

The smelter plan called for the obliteration of the villages of Aramoana and Te Ngaru, and also threatened a local wildlife reserve. In response to this the residents of the area duly announced their secession from New Zealand on 23 December, 1980, established a "border post" and "travelling embassy", printed passports, citizenship certificates and stamps, and set about using the resultant publicity to build a national grassroots campaign in opposition to the smelter. Aramoana mudflats at the mouth of Otago Harbour Aramoana is a small coastal settlement, 27 kilometres north of Dunedin city, in the South Island of New Zealand. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

The consortium was strongly endorsed by the New Zealand government, which initially proposed to subsidise the cost of electricity required for the smelter's operation, leading to fears that the wider population of New Zealand would be faced with significant electricity price hikes in the longer term. However, the campaign waged by Aramoana and its supporters eventually forced a government backdown, calling into question the economic viability of the project.

This development combined with declining aluminium prices on world commodity markets, eventually led to the withrawal of Alusuisse from the consortium in October, 1981. The remaining partners failed to secure additional investment capital, and eventually abandoned the project, paving the way for the peaceful reintegration of the Independent State of Aramoana back into New Zealand. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...