Cooking wood
to make it durable

Bianca works at Donelley Sawmillers at Alamein Road in Reparoa. Her dad, Aaron is the boss.  Her grandparents Morgan and Shirley started the mill in the 1970s, making fence battens. 

The whole family is into swimming. Donelley’s donated Abodo treated wood to Rotorua’s Aquatic Centre to promote the Rotorua Lakes Council’s Wood First policy. 

Abodo is wood cooked in a kiln.  It’s very durable. Donelley’s has just installed another processing line to meet market demand, for exports to build everywhere from Jersey in the English Channel to Hampton Roads on the US eastern seaboard.

It keeps Bianca busy in the office – when she’s not pushing the buttons down at the kiln.  

Read more about the Donelley Sawmillers at abodo.co.nz.