About Us

Gunns Limited was founded in 1875 in Tasmania, Australia and today is a publicly owned company with a turnover in excess of AUD600 million. Gunns Limited has been a major participant in the development of Tasmania’s world class forest industry and is Australia’s largest fully integrated forest products company operating.

• 13 production operation centres in Tasmania, Australia
• 1 production operation in the South Island of New Zealand
• Total land estate under company control in excess of 215,000 hectares
• Established markets for over 5 million tonnes of wood products per annum in veneer, sawn timber and pulpwood
• Australia ’s largest hardwood sawmiller
• Australia ’s largest producer of decorative hardwood sliced veneer (Tasmanian Oak)
• New Zealand ’s largest producer of decorative softwood sliced veneer (New Zealand Pine)
• Australia ’s leading managed plantation investment company

Gunns New Zealand Pty Limited has been operating in the international veneer market for 40 years. Originally established in 1965 as NZ Veneers Ltd, the company was purchased in 1999 by Australia’s largest forest products company, Gunns Limited.

Gunns New Zealand is based in Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. We have an experienced and skilled team and pride ourselves on producing high quality wood veneers and working closely with our customers to add value to their business.

Gunns New Zealand PineVeneer is used extensively by furniture and door manufacturers throughout China, the USA, Philippines, Spain, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia.