About NZTIF

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For nearly 100 years the New Zealand Timber Industry has been the loyal servant of New Zealand's sawmilling industry. The NZTIF has been a global champion for New Zealand timber and works tirelessly to ensure the domestic sawmilling industry can continue to produce top quality and environmentally superior wood products.

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Confidence

Ensuring kiln-dried timber which consumers can use with confidence.

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Quality

WOODmark® is the New Zealand timber industry's registered trademark for assurance of treatment quality. Visit the NZ Timber Preservation Council website...

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Standards

The Verified Timber programme ensures that structural timber meets strength and stiffness standards. Visit the dedicated website...

Latest News

Canada surpasses Russia as China's largest lumber supplier

15/05/2012 4:18pm

Led by British Columbia, Canada emerged as the largest exporter of lumber in the world to China in 2011, surpassing Russia as the Middle Kingdom's No. 1 source for lumber.

"We are king of the hill," Gerry Van Leeuwen, of the Vancouver consultants International Wood Markets Group, said Tuesday. "We are No. 1 in total lumber imports into China."

The trend has continued in 2012, Van Leeuwen said. According to the latest statistics from China Customs, Canada supplied 1.45 million cubic metres (about 900 million board feet) of soft-wood lumber during the first quarter of 2012, corralling 47 per cent of the market share for softwood lumber in China. Russia is second at 35 per cent.

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Kiwi Falls to Lowest Level This Year

15/05/2012 4:08pm

The New Zealand dollar dropped below to it lowest level this year against the greenback after milk prices posted another sharp drop at Fonterra's latest dairy auction and on reports...

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BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey

10/05/2012 8:32pm

Real Estate Pricing Activity Lifting

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Valued Supporters

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Arch Lonza

Arch Wood Protection is the leader for timber preservative and fire retardant protection products in the Asia - Pacific region.

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Dana

DANA Limited is a Rotorua New Zealand based company which was formed in 1993 by Dennis Neilson

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Poyry

Pöyry and its predecessors have been serving the New Zealand forest industry, Asia-Pacific nations and beyond for over 40 years.

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