Rimu (also once known as Red Pine) is endemic to New Zealand and belongs to the Conifer family. The trees grow throughout the North Island and along coastal areas of the South Island.

Rimu is a much sort after wood however, due to the tight controls in place by the Ministry of Primary Industries around the harvesting and milling of the trees, it is becoming hard to obtain. At KJCreationsNZ we use as much recycled/reclaimed wood as we can source.

Rimu is very suited to building and was used extensively by early colonists for the construction of houses and building of furniture. Māori were also very fond of Rimu and used it for spears, canoes, and a variety of tools amongst many uses.

Rimu is a medium density softwood bordering hardwood, with a fine textured grain with colours ranging from reddish brown in the heartwood to a pale light brown tone in the sapwood.

The Rimu used in many of our creations was salvaged from a prominent Christchurch building after the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. It is estimated the wood is between 80-90 years old and was formally used as shelving.

We have lasered this provenance onto the back of each piece of salvaged wood to keep the history and the wood together.