Senton Wood Products

Senton Wood Products

Nestled in the heart of the mighty Waikato region of New Zealand, Senton Wood Products is one of the largest family-owned timber processing and treatment plants in the country. With a focus on customer service, certified quality products and the environment, we welcome you to our website.

About us

100% New Zealand Owned

SWP has a reputation of being the best timber processing plant in New Zealand. We specialise in the processing of verified framing, outdoor materials and timber products. Based in Orini, near Hamilton, New Zealand, we can deliver your order to any location on earth.

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Products & services

Certified Quality

SWP operates from a certified sawmill site, providing you with certainty about the engineering properties of our timber.  Aside from our products being independently certified and ‘grade verified’ by Grade Right, SWP’s onsite full-time verified graders are reviewed and audited every three months, providing you further confidence in the quality of the product you receive.

Verified Framing

At SWP, we offer verified graded timber. All our framing products meet NZ standards 3604. We provide G6, G8 and G10 graded timber. Visual Grade Timber VSG8 can also be provided for job where it is important there are no paint markings visible. Kiln Dry Framing can be provided in either H1.2 and H3.2 options, for house framing in sizes ranging from 75 x 50mm through to 300 x 50mm. Battening, no structural top plate packers and ceiling strapping can be provided in sizes ranging from 75 x 40mm through 150 x40mm.

Timber Processing

The timber processing division offers Kiln Drying, Timber Machining, Re-Sawing and Export Packaging. The Timber treatment plant offers a range of timber treatments. SWP, is one of the few timber procession facilities that can offer customers the stress graded and certified timber, legally required in New Zealand.

Machinery

Two Wadkin planers, eight kilns, a 50m3 capacity per charge treatment plant and the longest steamer plant in New Zealand.

Capacity

Planers can process in excess of 3000m3. Treatment plant can process 3800m3 of mixed treatment grades. 

Staff levels

We have 26 fully employed staff on day shift and have the ability to increase our capacity by employing a night shift of 6 staff members if required

Size of site

35 acres with eight dry sheds, three staff rooms, four offices (including a conference room and reception area).

Our environment

Forestry; Natural; Renewable; Sustainable. Based in an industry grounded in the environment around us, SWP believes in maximising sustainable and environmental practices and ethics into our operations, whenever possible. 

By ensuring quality New Zealand Pine products are created in this way, not only ensures living and viable forests, but retains a ‘100% Pure New Zealand’ for future generations to enjoy. Committed to managing our business in a responsible manner, our natural timber products offer your project a durable, green-friendly alternative over energy-intensive building materials such as concrete, steel, aluminium or brick.

Through the lifecycle of timber and pine, SWP is committed to continuously finding and implementing unique opportunities to curb climate change and install renewable practices in a responsible manner.

Our partners

"Just like to say a big thank you. I have been building for 55yrs and is great to see such a good product and great service. You have got a real nice guy on the truck. Will be very happy to recommend your company."
Mike McGuinn
Designer

Contact Us

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Or feel free to contact us directly using the below details;

Mill Site – Orini

Auckland Retail Outlet