Tātahi — Natural Sand

With 15,000 kilometres of coastline, New Zealand is heaven for beach-lovers. Its diverse shores dish up everything from lazy days and blazing sunsets, to active adventures such as fishing, swimming, kayaking and surfing. With such an amazing array of beaches on offer the white sandy colour of our Tātahi decking will bring back many a happy memory.

Hīnau — Wood Brown

A light brown native hardwood that grows across most of New Zealand. Māori used the wood of hīnau to make various small implements like canoe bailers, spears and wedges. The fruit which was crushed, was mixed with a little water and made into cakes which were cooked in a hāngī. The bark was used to make a black dye and would also fix dyes and for this purpose may have been exported in the early years of European settlement. A decoction of bark in hot water was also used to cure skin diseases.  

Pūriri — Chocolate Brown

A dark brown chocolate coloured native hardwood Pūriri was widely used by Māori in pre-European times. The wood made weapons and implements and the leaves a decoction used for bathing sprains, backache and ulcers or drunk for sore throats.  European uses are however quite variable, ranging from structural timbers such as piles, sleepers and bridges to decorative furniture and wood-turning. It normally growing best on high quality, often volcanic soils.

Kōhatu — Grey River Stone

The grey stoney landscape of New Zealand is synonymise with some of our great rivers and coastal bays offering up imagery of wilderness and almost prehistoric times.

Māori used a variety of stone materials such as basalt, greywacke to make tools, ornaments and weapons, and in fishing and gardening. Stone adzes and chisels were used for cutting and carving wood. The stone adze heads, made from basalt or other rock types, were lashed to a wooden handle. Adzes were made by breaking up boulders, shaping the pieces with hammer stones, and sharpening the cutting edge on a grinding stone. Sandstone was widely used as a sharpening stone.