Red Stag Timber Waipa Mill
OperatingRed Stag TimberRed Stag Groupredstagtimber.co.nzID 01916
Red Stag Timber Waipa Mill is an operating softwood sawmill in Rotorua, New Zealand, owned by Red Stag Group. With a capacity of 600 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 1st largest of the 7 sawmills in New Zealand with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Nearest port
- Tauranga · 61 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- No siding mapped
- Nearest railway
- 8.4 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 600 000 m3/y sawn timber
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- product added2020A cross laminated timber plant costing about 40 million dollars was built next to the sawmill between November 2019 and October 2020, with a main building 161 by 60 metres on a five hectare site.Source ↗
- expansion2016A completely new sawmill line was installed in 2016 as the largest of a series of capital projects at the site since 2004 covering kilns, scanners, acoustic grading and timber treatment.Source ↗
- ownership change2003Phil and Marty Verry bought the loss making mill in December 2003 as the highest of twelve bidders, and Red Stag Timber was formed to operate it.Source ↗
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- ownership change1996The state owned mill was privatised in 1996 after decades in government hands.Source ↗
- founded1939The Waipa mill was set up by the New Zealand government in the late 1930s to move sawmilling from native timber to plantation radiata pine and Douglas fir, with construction from 1938 and serious operation from January 1940.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-25woodcentral.com.au ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-30server.arcgisonline.com ↗
- company website×2checked 2026-07-27redstagtimber.co.nz ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-10-13redstagtimber.co.nz ↗
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