Species Index

Macrocarpa has a range of uses including ceiling sarking, exposed beams, flooring, wall panelling, framing, furniture, solid wood bench tops, architraves and skirtings. It can be used outside for weatherboard, surfeit, facia, pergolas, decking and outdoor furniture. It is not recommended in-ground for construction purposes (including in-ground posts for fencing, decking and pergolas).

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Matai makes an excellent flooring timber, and is suitable for exterior window sills and doors.

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Miro timber has traditionally been used in New Zealand for house building purposes. During early European settlement it found use as load-bearing beams. Figured miro is useful in cabinet making and ornamental turning. It is used increasingly as a matai flooring substitute. The tree has useful berries, gum and bark which Maori use in traditional herbal remedies (rongoa).

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Paulownia has been used for a wide variety of purposes in China: housing components, aircraft fittings, veneers, furniture, musical instruments, barrels, beehives, aqueducts, handcrafts, gift boxes, storage boxes, charcoal, wood pulp, coffins and pattern-making. In New Zealand it is likely to be used for specialist veneers, particularly for marine craft and surfboards, and furniture.

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Radiata Pine has a number of structural uses including decking, fencing, exterior cladding, window sashes, pergolas, landscaping, shingles, barge boards and exterior trim.Untreated, it can be used for furniture, mouldings, trim and panelling.Panel products, such as plywood, MDF and laminated veneer lumber, are also available from radiata pine resources.

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Red beech is sourced from sustainably managed forests. It is stable and suitable for interior joinery and flooring. Its fine, even texture makes it most suitable for turning into dowels and brushware. Being hard wearing, it is also suitable as stair treads and flooring. As a flooring timber, it has an attractive, figurative appeal and lustre, and is significantly harder and more resistant to impact than alternative softwood species, such as rimu and matai.

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The vast majority of use is for landscaping – outdoor furniture, decking, fencing and weatherboards.

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At times a very popular feature and furniture timber, rewarewa has excellent machining properties, and is a useful turnery timber, and for marquetry and inlays. It was also used as a boatbuilding trim to contrast kauri, and continues as a popular craft timber. Maori use the inner bark as a traditional medicine to heal wounds and check bleeding.

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