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Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Felling kauri and men having billy tea. ca 1880]

Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :[Felling kauri and men having billy tea. ca 1880]

Hodgson, Trace 1958- :I don't know why Roger can't use the front door like everybody else?. NZ Listener, 22 July 1989.

Hodgson, Trace 1958- :I don't know why Roger can't use the front door like everybody else?. NZ Listener, 22 July 1989.

Power hacksaw in use at 4th Armoured Brigade workshops in Maadi, Egypt - Photograph taken by George Kaye

Power hacksaw in use at 4th Armoured Brigade workshops in Maadi, Egypt - Photograph taken by George Kaye

A huge log cut by a steam saw at the Ellis & Burnand Sawmill at Mangapehi, circa 1920

A huge log cut by a steam saw at the Ellis & Burnand Sawmill at Mangapehi, circa 1920

Street scene in Masterton

Street scene in Masterton

Men using a two-man saw to cut down a kauri tree

Men using a two-man saw to cut down a kauri tree

Display window for John Burns and Company Limited, with saws

Display window for John Burns and Company Limited, with saws

"The news is all bad." 15 February, 2007

"The news is all bad." 15 February, 2007

Timber workers alongside a Kauri tree, Northland Region

Timber workers alongside a Kauri tree, Northland Region

A bush saw doctor sharpening a cross-cut saw for use in logging, near Piha.

A bush saw doctor sharpening a cross-cut saw for use in logging, near Piha.

[Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :A sawyer's clearing in a forest of kauri (commonly called cowdie) trees on the banks of the Kaipara River. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]

[Heaphy, Charles] 1820-1881 :A sawyer's clearing in a forest of kauri (commonly called cowdie) trees on the banks of the Kaipara River. Day & Haghe. London, Smith, Elder [1845]

Albert Percy Godber and his son Bill sawing a log on their property at Silverstream, circa 1918.

Albert Percy Godber and his son Bill sawing a log on their property at Silverstream, circa 1918.

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860?]

[Cooper, Alfred John] 1831-1869 :Bushwork. Crosscutting timber in Lavin's Bush for rails [ca 1860?]

Timber worker using a motorised saw at Granite Creek near Kongahu, West Coast - Photograph taken by Neville Robert Lewers

Timber worker using a motorised saw at Granite Creek near Kongahu, West Coast - Photograph taken by Neville Robert Lewers

Mason Struthers & Company Ltd (Avenue, Wanganui) :Mason Struthers gazette. Plumb - the axe that's built for woodsmen; the original colourquick speed enamel; Phoenix improved oven glass; destroy these pests! June number, 1939.

Mason Struthers & Company Ltd (Avenue, Wanganui) :Mason Struthers gazette. Plumb - the axe that's built for woodsmen; the original colourquick speed enamel; Phoenix improved oven glass; destroy these pests! June number, 1939.

Workers inside a timber mill

Workers inside a timber mill

A kauri log being put through a breaking down bench

A kauri log being put through a breaking down bench

Creator unknown :Photograph of a scene in a timber mill showing circular saws in operation

Creator unknown :Photograph of a scene in a timber mill showing circular saws in operation

Saw doctors at the NZ Forestry Unit's mill in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Saw doctors at the NZ Forestry Unit's mill in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

[Block of marble being cut into slabs on a gang saw, Parliament buildings]

[Block of marble being cut into slabs on a gang saw, Parliament buildings]