Out & About

Rodd & Gunn

As a long time fan of the clothing and general ethos of Rodd & Gunn, I was chuffed AS to get an email asking if we could supply some pegboards into Rodd & Gunn stores across the country.

Good Wood Features in Cuisine Magazine

When Cuisine contributor Claire McCall recently bought some kitset planter boxes from Good Wood Products she was pretty pleased with them. So we dug a bit deeper and found a great ‘born from necess...

Hastings Small Business Survived Covid And Is Still Going Strong With Wooden Products

Good Wood founder Callum Mcdonald whose small Hastings business took off during the first lockdown and hasn't stopped since.

Trapping the Kawekas with Tipene & Jess

Getting hands on with local legend, Tipene, in Balls Clearing in the foothills of the Kawekas. Setting traps and saving birds with ice cracking under feet - how good!

Sinclair Wetlands

New Zealand is a truly beautiful place but it doesn't take much to forget that sometimes.  On a recent trip down to the deep south (Bluff) to see family, I caught up with Glen at Sinclair Wetlands ...

How remote is remote enough?

During isolation, I took a few friends for a much needed excursion to Cape Sanctuary to work remote - The Cape is my favourite place this side of anywhere. The Sanctuary is a Kiwi and Takahe sanctu...

Working From Home & The Desks that come with it

As we entered Level 4 Lockdown, my flatmate Katie needed a desk - Good Wood to the rescue!

Easter Ruru

A very welcome guest fell into our backyard and we saved him from the impending dog doom.

Urban Trapping on The Miramar Peninsula

Urban trapping with Dan Henry and Anthony. These guys have done amazing work and will continue to do so, find out more about them here.

Out with the old, in with the new baffles

After a tip from the boss that I originally ignored, I ended up trying out his idea - using 4mm marine grade plywood instead of steel mesh in the Good Wood Trap boxes - turns out that it was a bloo...