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.
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