Winstone Pulp International Tangiwai Sawmill
Winstone Pulp International Tangiwai Sawmill is a closed softwood sawmill in Tangiwai, New Zealand, with a capacity of 100 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year.
- Company
- Winstone Pulp International
- Group
- Ernslaw One Limited
- WoodComp ID
- 01924 (how IDs work)
- Country
- New Zealand
- City
- Tangiwai
- Status
- Closed
- Capacity
- 100 000 m3/y sawn timber
- Type
- Softwood
-39.469, 175.598
Raw material
Related facilities
Winstone Pulp International Tangiwai Sawmill is the 3rd largest sawmill in New Zealand of the 7 with a sawn timber capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
- Largest sawmills in New Zealand
- Red Stag Timber Waipa Mill ·Pan Pac Whirinaki ·Pan Pac Milburn (Otago) ·Pukepine Sawmills (1998) Ltd (Te Puke) ·Millari NZ Gisborne
- Nearest facilities
- Kiwi Lumber Dannevirke (97 km) ·Kinleith Mill (135 km) ·Kiwi Lumber Putaruru (158 km) ·Kiwi Lumber Masterton (167 km) ·Kiwi Lumber Ohinewai (227 km)
Timeline
- 2026-09-12ownership change
Corrected 2026-09-12: owner recorded as Ernslaw One Limited instead of Fletcher Building. Company register: 8000000 shares (100.00%) ERNSLAW ONE LIMITED.
Source ↗ - 2024closure
Closed permanently in September 2024 after wholesale electricity prices surged to levels the company could not pass on to customers, with about 300 jobs lost across the Tangiwai sawmill and Karioi pulp mill.
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Sources
Data confidence: Medium (66 of 100) how this is computed
- otherchecked 2026-07-25industryabout.com (archived copy)
- industry presschecked 2026-08-18paperage.com
- otherchecked 2026-09-09slrconsulting.com
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- otherchecked 2026-09-10services.arcgisonline.com
- otherchecked 2026-09-10services.arcgisonline.com
- otherchecked 2026-09-12app.companiesoffice.govt.nz
How to cite
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