– Mainly dressing and appearance grades available – Sapwood is light greyish pink and is non durable – Heartwood is brownish pink and is moderately durable – Care is required when finishing due to natural oils in the timber – Availability – high quality dressed grades – Soft, straight grained, fine even textured timber
– Sapwood is a pale brown color and susceptible to insect attack
– Very durable heartwood (can be put in the ground untreated) Uses – very useful for furniture, joinery, doors, drawers, bench tops, wooden knobs. – Sapwood is very light, almost white in color, non durable – Medium tree, 20-25m in height with willow like foliage – Heartwood is bright creamy brown (in large trees it can be dark brown to black) Uses – mostly craft as low supply available Tawa – Very prominent medullary rays when quarter sawn making it easily identified – Sapwood is silvery pinkish brown (non durable) – Heartwood is a dark reddish to purple brown (non durable) Uses – joinery, furniture Rewa Rewa (Honeysuckle) – Straight grained timber with a fine even texture – Sapwood is white and is susceptible to insect attack – Heartwood is straw yellow to chestnut, darkens to a deep red (non durable) Swamp kauri is another main source, submerged for over 40,000 years. Some second growth timber is available and a lot of recycled timber. Was previously used for flooring, weatherboards, sarking, and framing. Uses – multipurpose but restricted to high quality furniture due to its availability. – Speckle in timber, pepper like appearance characteristics – Sapwood is nondurable and a light brown color – Dressing grades, rusticated weatherboards available Kauri – Odourless timber (can be used in food areas) – Sapwood is pale white and very susceptible to insect attack – Heartwood is yellow/ bright yellow and is moderately durable when treated – Tallest New Zealand Native Tree 60m max height Uses – Building Grade – construction, Appearance Grade – high quality joinery, furniture and fittings (now only available in recyclable format) – Sapwood is an even pale brown color (non durable and prone to insect attack) – Heartwood is reddish brown color and is moderately durable – Very hard greasy durable timber Rimu (Red Pine) – Any Eucalyptus tree with a hard solid bark, valued for its wood Jarrah – Species of Eucalyptus cut for timber in Australia Ironbark Uses – Doors, turning, panelling, mouldings, high quality furniture Black Butt – Looks very similar to New Zealand Kauri – Sapwood is straw to pale brown with visible flecks – Heartwood is pale cream to golden brown and is non durable – Very large Tree (same family as New Zealand Kauri) Types of Timber and Wood from Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands for Interior Decoration Characteristics of Timber and Wood from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Fijian Kauri