Wood

Wood is making a comeback as the construction industry looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from high carbon materials like concrete and steel. The government's Building for Climate Change… Audio, Gallery

Breakages, borer and botched DIY repairs, he's seen it all at his studio in the Manawatu where he trades as "Good As New". In another in our occasional series of interviews with repairers and… Audio, Gallery

Roland Ennos says humanity owes a huge debt to the most humble of materials; wood. His book The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year… Audio

Biotechnologist David Leung finds ways to make plants solve environmental issues. Audio

A sawmill in North Canterbury produces hardwood timber products from eucalyptus trees. Owner John Fairweather, who was introduced to forestry as a teenager by his father, also grows several species at… Audio

Jo Jack is a keen woodworker and runs sign-making classes for woman in rural communities. She makes rustic wooden signs of all shapes and sizes and sells most of them via her Gingham Girls Facebook… Audio

3D and 4D printing could be a nimble tool for New Zealand manufacturers that also uses wood-based bioplastics. Audio

After years of trials, Scion entomologists believe New Zealand could safely introduce a parasitic wasp to control the eucalyptus tortoise beetle. Audio

Scion has developed a bio-based adhesive to make fibreboard that is environmentally friendly and even compostable. Audio

Dilys Johns is an archaeologist who specialises in conserving waterlogged Māori taonga such as ancient waka and wooden gardening tools. Audio

Robert Scott is saving waste and surplus wood from the building industry from getting bulldozed into the landfill and restoring it for re-use. Audio