High value isn't a species.
It's a strategy.

Grow a forest that you're proud to look at, and that contains beautiful, lasting timber.

High-value timber species thrive across Aotearoa when matched to the right site. They create forests that are valuable, beautiful, and enduring.

Because many high-value timbers can be grown in smaller, selectively harvested forests, they support a more sustainable model of forestry, one that works with the land.

As a country, we still import many valuable timbers from overseas, often from forests managed to lower environmental standards. Every cubic metre of locally grown, sustainably managed timber is a step toward reducing that reliance and protecting a native forest elsewhere.

Our approach is site-led. We make sure your forest is matched to your land, and your goals, so it adds lasting value to your property and becomes a place you are proud to look at every day.

Redwood timber stacked for processing

Building Value from the Ground Up

Premium timber comes from smart planning rather than default species.

1. Define Value

  • Determine success: premium timber, carbon, or amenity
  • Plan diversification and selective harvest
  • Set budgets and management timeframes

2. Read the Site

  • Assess soil, moisture, aspect, and frost/drought risks
  • Identify access and harvestability constraints
  • Evaluate pest and weed pressure

3. Design the Forest

  • Match species to site fit first, value second
  • Design spacing, pruning, and thinning regimes
  • Plan for resilience over long rotations

4. Establish & Manage

  • Quality control for critical first years
  • Ongoing monitoring and course corrections
  • Active management to realise final timber value