Speech by New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston PetersWood Processors and Manufacturers’ Association Regional MeetingTuesday, 26 July, 2016 6.30pm
‘Show some loyalty to New Zealand industry’
When future historians consider what John Key and his neo-liberal government has done for New Zealand; they will be disappointed and dismayed.
They will be disappointed and will draw the sad conclusion that the Key government failed.
They will find this government was interested in one thing only - short term gain regardless of the consequences.
Forestry mismanagement
The Key Government will in future be condemned for many things. Their mismanagement of the forestry industry will be one of them.
Forestry is New Zealand’s third largest offshore export earner, behind dairy and meat.
However, what is happening now in this industry will have deep and serious consequences within the next decade.
The growth of unprocessed log exports, mainly to China has long been out of control and destroying any chance of growth to the wood value added sector in New Zealand.
Today we have no control, no laws, and no careful and astute management of one of our greatest resources.
Instead our forests are being plundered.
It’s boom and bust all over again.
The way things are going in coming years, exotic forests planted by people of foresight through the 1980s and early 1990s will be gone.
The National government treats this industry is if they are spud farmers producing an annual crop.
They don’t seem to realize that it takes 27 years to grow a forest.
New Zealand’s forestry crisis has too many raw logs going out, and too little planting going in. The amount of replanting on existing forest land has declined.
In the last 15 years the total area of new forest area planted has plummeted from 33,674 hectares down to 3051 hectares, an approximate 90% decrease.
The collapse in carbon prices from 2008 to 2012 saw very little land being converted to forestry with the reverse occurring as conversions to pasture were made – mainly for dairy production.
New Zealand is now clear felling and harvesting too early. Forest owners, the foreign companies, in the carbon price slump, are resorting to quick profits.
Eight of the top 10 forest companies in New Zealand are overseas controlled.
Other private companies and iwi are also caught up in this short term profit frenzy.
Private owners are selling early to the Chinese when it would be better that their trees are tagged for harvesting in five to 10 years’ time.
It is true log exports are needed for our economy, especially of our lower quality product, but not at the current excessive and unsustainable rates and to the detriment of processors and sawmills.
At all of our major New Zealand ports you can see raw logs stacked high waiting to be exported a rate that is utter economic madness.
When the ships leave – they take billions of dollars of added value and tens of thousands of jobs that should be kept in New Zealand.
In 2000 the amount of raw logs exported was almost 6000 cubic meters – in 2011 it was well over 11,000 and last year it was over 16,000 cubic meters.
The Wood Resource Quarterly reports New Zealand continues to be the world’s leading exporter of softwood logs followed by Russia and the US.
New Zealand, Russia and the US accounted for almost 50 per cent of globally traded logs last year in the main going to the Chinese market.
The Wood Resource Quarterly says we are exporting over 50 per cent of our total harvest in log form.
Northport has been extremely successful with log exports in this crazy climate but it is success that comes at a price and again – if it continues at the present levels, it will only be short term.
There is an old saying. You reap what you sow and that applies to our forestry industry.
But we have not been sowing, or rather planting, and so by 2023 Northport will suffer as will all of Northland.
Sawmills will have to wind back or close; jobs will be lost. Log truck companies will take a big hit as well.
Since 2000 the number of log sawmilling businesses in New Zealand has dropped from 507 with over 7500 employees to 327 businesses with about 4800 employees.
Statistics last year showed Northland had 460 employed in forestry and logging; 210 in forestry support services and 650 in sawmilling and timber dressing.
Many of these jobs will be at risk.
And this massive fall-off in a timber industry in crisis will continue through to 2040 because critical decisions to maintain our planting didn’t happen.
That’s why we must dramatically cut back this crazy sell-off of raw logs.
What Other Countries are Doing
While New Zealand’s forests are being cleaned out other nations are locking up their forests.
In the next five years China, our biggest market for logs, will fully stop the commercial harvest in their government owned forests thereby locking up 70.5 million hectares because they have over-harvested.
They will stop the commercial harvest in their collective ownership and private ownership natural forests on a step-by-step basis.
They will establish just over 33 million hectares of new plantations.
They have set targets for their forest industry development by 2020 which include:
While China plans in this way, they tell their local wood users to continue buying cheap timber from overseas, from places like soft old New Zealand.
And as China does this – we have a government that has no planning and is interested only in the next quick buck that comes through the door.
And China is not alone in looking after its own forestry industry, Canada and Chile are doing the same.
They are acting prudently. They have a total maximum quota of logs that can be exported.
But not in New Zealand – it’s open slather.
New Zealand First says it must end – we must not delay any longer dealing with this crisis – we must act before the log supply from our forests dry up.
Forestry owners must be encouraged to replant.
The vast volumes of wood going across Northport at present must be dragged back to more rationale levels.
Logs should not continue to be taken across our wharves and overseas until policies to protect the local industry, processors, saw millers and workers are first put in place.
The local industry must be assured it can access the grades of logs they require.
New Zealand Domestic Log Price
There must be a set New Zealand domestic log price.
Like Canada quotas must be applied.
Foreign buyers don’t pay GST on logs – which local sawmills must do.
The Overseas Investment office must have much tighter scrutiny of foreign investors coming to New Zealand.
Buyers of our forests must provide real evidence to show selling to them is for the long term benefit of New Zealand.
There has to be investment in added value New Zealand wood products.
To help the industry, New Zealand First will use the ‘Cullen Fund’ to invest in getting ownership back into the hands of New Zealanders.
You know by now not to expect the National government to do anything about this crisis in your industry.
New Zealand First asked the Associate Minister for Primary Industries Jo Goodhew in Parliament earlier this year what the government was going to do.
She said the government was not a market interventionist.
That sums up the National government – boom and bust, and when the worst of the bust comes – they’ll be long gone.
It will be your industry, your businesses that will have to shrink or go under and the Northland economy will take a massive blow.
All because we have a non-interventionist, do nothing, let the market decide government.
Auckland housing
There are opportunities here in New Zealand that are not being pursued.
Northland pine is rated the best in the country for structural purposes.
With the home building crisis in Auckland, the construction industry must be encouraged to use timber.
Again this is looking after our local industry.
But to help this happen the government must play its part as well.
They must impose tariffs on imported building materials not made here.
In the 2014 Budget the government again worked against the best interests of this country and dropped the tariffs.
Instead of working for local industry, employing New Zealanders, the Government opted to subsidise foreign cheap-labour producers of plasterboard, steel, and cement.
New Zealand spends hard-earned foreign exchange on building materials when in many cases we have good domestically produced alternatives.
Plywood, flooring board, laminated beams, framing timber, linear board – the list goes on.
Who is this Government working for – businesses and workers in New Zealand, or foreign factories?
We have the absurd situation of Zealand timber, exported as a log, being processed in some foreign factory, and then shipped back to New Zealand.
Conclusion
It must be said no government is perfect but some are more imperfect than others.
The Key government fits the latter category.
At times you wonder whether we have in New Zealand something of what an American president, Woodrow Wilson, observed when he said the government which was designed for the people has got into the hands of the special interests and “an invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”
Unfortunately the Key government is not thinking beyond tomorrow.
It is not thinking of the consequences for Northland in 6 years’ time when the log supply begins to dry up and China starts saying “no thanks” to what logs we do have to export.
Government is not allowing prudent management to prevail and it is not showing due consideration for local industries, such as yours.
New Zealand First believes a vibrant forestry industry is crucial to Northland and this country’s economy and we must work to ensure the wealth and jobs are kept here.
Sawmills have invested millions of dollars in plant, equipment and staff in the belief they will receive a reliable, affordable supply of timber.
That belief and investment and support of the industry must be supported by central government.
As we look around Northland we see two opposites in stark contrast.
We see the raw resources that could be converted in to great wealth and employment here. However, what is happening is the consequence of central government neglect, short sightedness and a total pre occupation with one big city, Auckland, at great cost to the economic and social interest and needs of many provinces.
May I humbly suggest that your industry needs to see this contrast with great clarity. Because, on the positive side, your industry is critical to a great economic and social turn around up here - and we collectively have not got a day to waste.
The Electricity Authority’s (EA) proposed pricing regime will have a hugely detrimental effect on businesses and on regional New Zealand, says New Zealand First.
“Under the proposed changes, Employers and Manufacturers Association members (EMA) will be among those who will be particularly hard hit,” says Spokesperson for Energy Fletcher Tabuteau
“In their submission to the authority, the EMA has also highlighted the fact those needing high voltage connections such as schools or hospitals may be paying an additional $22,000 per annum.
“This is just one area; businesses in regions already struggling with the downturn in the global dairy price cannot be expected to take price rises.
"It is also a disgrace that these proposed price changes would also take more out from areas such as Northland than the government provides in economic development initiatives.
“The government needs to step in and demand fair prices across the country.
“There’s money from grid owner Transpower’s profit last year of $194 million to do just that,” Mr Tabuteau says.
A NZFirst press release July 27, 2016
A $25 million package of three road access improvements to Napier port has today been announced by the Government as one of the first actions of Matariki – the Hawke’s Bay Economic Development Strategy.
Improving access to the port has been identified through the development of the strategy and its accompanying regional action plan as a key contributor to Hawke’s Bay’s economic growth.
“This connection is one of the three or four key pieces of infrastructure for Hawke’s Bays future prosperity,” says Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce. “I am pleased we are able to announce this funding as one of the first key initiatives of the Matariki Economic Development Action Plan.”
The road improvement package includes improvements to intersections at Watchman Road and Hyderabad Road/Prebensen Drive as well as the SH50/SH2 Expressway.
It is part of the third tranche of the Government’s Accelerated Regional Roading Programme announced in 2014 to speed up the delivery of transport projects important to regional New Zealand.
“In 2015 Napier Port handled the equivalent of more than 250,000 containers, up more than 16 per cent compared with 2014. Improving the road access will enable more efficient and safe movement of freight to and from the port and support future growth,” says Transport Minister Simon Bridges.
“The Napier Port Access Package is part of the $245 million being invested in land transport in the Hawke’s Bay region over the next three years. This includes more investment in public transport and cycling, which are key parts of the Government’s commitment to providing more transport choices,” says Mr Bridges.
Improvements at the Watchman Road intersection will start this summer and will take up to 12 months to complete.
Design work for the proposed improvements to SH50 and at the Prebensen Drive/Hyderabad Road intersection is expected to begin before the end of this year with construction beginning in the first half of 2018.
“Having strong transport links between the port, the airport, Napier, Hastings, Northern Hawke’s Bay and Central Hawke’s Bay, is one of the key themes in the regional action plan, says Mr Joyce. “The regional ministers look forward to working with the region to deliver the package announced today plus further investments in the years ahead.”
A $25 million package of three road access improvements to Napier port has today been announced by the Government as one of the first actions of Matariki – the Hawke’s Bay Economic Development Strategy.
Improving access to the port has been identified through the development of the strategy and its accompanying regional action plan as a key contributor to Hawke’s Bay’s economic growth.
“This connection is one of the three or four key pieces of infrastructure for Hawke’s Bays future prosperity,” says Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce. “I am pleased we are able to announce this funding as one of the first key initiatives of the Matariki Economic Development Action Plan.”
The road improvement package includes improvements to intersections at Watchman Road and Hyderabad Road/Prebensen Drive as well as the SH50/SH2 Expressway.
It is part of the third tranche of the Government’s Accelerated Regional Roading Programme announced in 2014 to speed up the delivery of transport projects important to regional New Zealand.
“In 2015 Napier Port handled the equivalent of more than 250,000 containers, up more than 16 per cent compared with 2014. Improving the road access will enable more efficient and safe movement of freight to and from the port and support future growth,” says Transport Minister Simon Bridges.
“The Napier Port Access Package is part of the $245 million being invested in land transport in the Hawke’s Bay region over the next three years. This includes more investment in public transport and cycling, which are key parts of the Government’s commitment to providing more transport choices,” says Mr Bridges.
Improvements at the Watchman Road intersection will start this summer and will take up to 12 months to complete.
Design work for the proposed improvements to SH50 and at the Prebensen Drive/Hyderabad Road intersection is expected to begin before the end of this year with construction beginning in the first half of 2018.
“Having strong transport links between the port, the airport, Napier, Hastings, Northern Hawke’s Bay and Central Hawke’s Bay, is one of the key themes in the regional action plan, says Mr Joyce. “The regional ministers look forward to working with the region to deliver the package announced today plus further investments in the years ahead.”
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley and Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell today announced Project 1000; a scheme to provide 1000 new jobs for currently unemployed Hawke’s Bay workers over the next three years.
Project 1000 is part of Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016, which aims to accelerate job growth and raise incomes in the region.
“The Project 1000 initiative brings together businesses, iwi, local authorities, training providers, and central government to support the creation of 1000 new jobs for local people who are not currently participating in the Hawkes Bay economy,” Mrs Tolley says.
“Strong projected growth in several industries, such as manufacturing, infrastructure, horticulture and viticulture, will enable sustainable employment opportunities to be created for local workers.
“Unemployment in Hawke’s Bay is consistently higher than the national average, but there is a huge amount of activity in the region. Demand for exports in horticulture and viticulture are high. The manufacturing, infrastructure and food and beverage processing industries are thriving. This programme will provide skills training and job-matching to get local people into sustainable jobs.”
Mr Flavell says Project 1000 will bring together several employment-related initiatives for Hawke’s Bay.
“The Hawke’s Bay action plan has a strong focus on encouraging whanau to participate in the regional economy. Part of this is focussed on upskilling and providing pathways to permanent employment for rangatahi (young people),” Mr Flavell says.
“Project 1000 aligns well with He kai kei aku ringa, the Crown-Māori Economic Growth Partnership, and its goal to have a skilled and successful workforce contributing to Hawke’s Bay’s economic growth.”
“Over the next three years we will work to move 700 Ministry of Social Development clients into employment in the horticulture, viticulture and infrastructure industries to support projected industry growth. The remaining 300 jobs are expected to be filled by Hawke’s Bay people not currently participating in the labour market..”
Project 1000 is a key contributor to the overall employment goal of Matariki – which is to add 5000 more jobs in Hawkes Bay over the five years of the plan.
Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016 has been developed by the region with central government support. It forms part of the Government’s Regional Growth Programme.
For more information, visit the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley and Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell today announced Project 1000; a scheme to provide 1000 new jobs for currently unemployed Hawke’s Bay workers over the next three years.
Project 1000 is part of Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016, which aims to accelerate job growth and raise incomes in the region.
“The Project 1000 initiative brings together businesses, iwi, local authorities, training providers, and central government to support the creation of 1000 new jobs for local people who are not currently participating in the Hawkes Bay economy,” Mrs Tolley says.
“Strong projected growth in several industries, such as manufacturing, infrastructure, horticulture and viticulture, will enable sustainable employment opportunities to be created for local workers.
“Unemployment in Hawke’s Bay is consistently higher than the national average, but there is a huge amount of activity in the region. Demand for exports in horticulture and viticulture are high. The manufacturing, infrastructure and food and beverage processing industries are thriving. This programme will provide skills training and job-matching to get local people into sustainable jobs.”
Mr Flavell says Project 1000 will bring together several employment-related initiatives for Hawke’s Bay.
“The Hawke’s Bay action plan has a strong focus on encouraging whanau to participate in the regional economy. Part of this is focussed on upskilling and providing pathways to permanent employment for rangatahi (young people),” Mr Flavell says.
“Project 1000 aligns well with He kai kei aku ringa, the Crown-Māori Economic Growth Partnership, and its goal to have a skilled and successful workforce contributing to Hawke’s Bay’s economic growth.”
“Over the next three years we will work to move 700 Ministry of Social Development clients into employment in the horticulture, viticulture and infrastructure industries to support projected industry growth. The remaining 300 jobs are expected to be filled by Hawke’s Bay people not currently participating in the labour market..”
Project 1000 is a key contributor to the overall employment goal of Matariki – which is to add 5000 more jobs in Hawkes Bay over the five years of the plan.
Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016 has been developed by the region with central government support. It forms part of the Government’s Regional Growth Programme.
For more information, visit the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy have today launched a comprehensive plan to diversify and grow the Hawke’s Bay economy, increasing jobs, income and investment in the region.
Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016 aims to make Hawke’s Bay the most innovative region in New Zealand, the leading exporter of premium primary produce and a hub for business growth.
The plan has been developed by local and regional authorities, iwi and business leaders with support from central government agencies.
“Economic growth in Hawke’s Bay is gathering pace, and the delivery of this action plan will help accelerate that growth and give local workers better access to ongoing employment and higher household incomes,” Mr Joyce says.
“The plan focuses on improving pathways to employment in areas like horticulture and construction, as well as encouraging investment and business growth, lifting innovation and productivity, attracting skilled migrants, developing infrastructure and increasing visitor spending.”
The plan looks to leverage Hawke’s Bay’s considerable natural advantages, Mr Guys says.
“The full potential of the primary sector has yet to be realised in Hawke’s Bay. Actions to address this range from investigating the feasibility of an agricultural training hub to improving water storage, and helping farmers improve their land productivity while meeting new freshwater standards,” Mr Guy says.
“All of the actions in the plan require working in partnership with iwi and hapū, with primary producers and with other government agencies.
“Iwi have been extensively involved in developing the strategy and action plan and have come together to form Te Kahui Ōhanga o Takitimu, which will play a key role in achieving collective economic goals for Māori.”
Implementation of the 45 individual actions in the plan will be led by various stakeholders and government agencies working together.
“As part of the Government’s Regional Growth Programme, the plan represents a coordinated approach to lifting the region’s economic performance – leaders from across the spectrum are pulling together,” Mr Joyce says.
The Hawke’s Bay action plan was informed by the 2014 East Coast Regional Economic Potential Study and complements the wider work of the Government’s Māori economic development strategy, He Kai Kei Aku Ringa and the Business Growth Agenda.
More information on Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016 and the Regional Growth Programme can be found here.
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy have today launched a comprehensive plan to diversify and grow the Hawke’s Bay economy, increasing jobs, income and investment in the region.
Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016 aims to make Hawke’s Bay the most innovative region in New Zealand, the leading exporter of premium primary produce and a hub for business growth.
The plan has been developed by local and regional authorities, iwi and business leaders with support from central government agencies.
“Economic growth in Hawke’s Bay is gathering pace, and the delivery of this action plan will help accelerate that growth and give local workers better access to ongoing employment and higher household incomes,” Mr Joyce says.
“The plan focuses on improving pathways to employment in areas like horticulture and construction, as well as encouraging investment and business growth, lifting innovation and productivity, attracting skilled migrants, developing infrastructure and increasing visitor spending.”
The plan looks to leverage Hawke’s Bay’s considerable natural advantages, Mr Guys says.
“The full potential of the primary sector has yet to be realised in Hawke’s Bay. Actions to address this range from investigating the feasibility of an agricultural training hub to improving water storage, and helping farmers improve their land productivity while meeting new freshwater standards,” Mr Guy says.
“All of the actions in the plan require working in partnership with iwi and hapū, with primary producers and with other government agencies.
“Iwi have been extensively involved in developing the strategy and action plan and have come together to form Te Kahui Ōhanga o Takitimu, which will play a key role in achieving collective economic goals for Māori.”
Implementation of the 45 individual actions in the plan will be led by various stakeholders and government agencies working together.
“As part of the Government’s Regional Growth Programme, the plan represents a coordinated approach to lifting the region’s economic performance – leaders from across the spectrum are pulling together,” Mr Joyce says.
The Hawke’s Bay action plan was informed by the 2014 East Coast Regional Economic Potential Study and complements the wider work of the Government’s Māori economic development strategy, He Kai Kei Aku Ringa and the Business Growth Agenda.
More information on Matariki – Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan 2016 and the Regional Growth Programme can be found here.
New Zealand’s third largest export earner, forestry, is heading for a major crash unless steps are made to restrain the excessive exporting of raw logs, says New Zealand First.
“The growth of unprocessed log exports, mainly to China, has got out of control and it is destroying any chance of growth to the value added sector here in New Zealand,” says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“Today we have no control, no laws, and no careful and astute management of one of our greatest resources.
“Instead we’re reaching a level where our forests are being plundered.
“In 2000 the amount of raw logs exported was 5806 cubic meters – in 2011 it was up to 11,679 and it has stayed in this excessive range ever since – last year it was 16,099 cubic meters.
“We are now clear felling and harvesting too early. Forest owners, the foreign companies, in the carbon price slump, are more interested in quick profit.
“Eight of the top 10 forest companies in New Zealand are overseas controlled.
“Other private companies and iwi are also caught up in this short term profit frenzy.
“Log exports are needed for our economy, especially of our lower quality product, but not at the current excessive and unsustainable rates and to the detriment of processors and sawmills.
“At all of our major New Zealand ports you can see raw logs stacked high waiting to be exported – every day of the year ships are calling and taking our logs to overseas markets at a rate that is utter madness.
“When those ships leave – they take billions of dollars of added value and thousands of jobs that should be kept here in New Zealand,” Mr Peters says.
Full speech to Wood Processors and Manufacturers’ Association
A NZFirst press release July 27, 2016
For the fifth consecutive year, Whittaker’s has been announced New Zealand’s most trusted brand in an annual survey commissioned by Reader’s Digest.
The results of the Reader’s Digest ‘Most Trusted Brands’ survey, were released today, with the popular chocolate manufacturing company taking the top accolade of most trusted New Zealand brand.
Reader’s Digest Australasian managing editor Louise Waterson says of all the names, products and services that fight for New Zealanders’ attention, Whittaker’s is the one we believe in above all others. Whittaker’s knows well the sweet taste of success – not only is Whittaker’s the number one brand across all categories surveyed, the brand also won the confectionery category and was voted most iconic NZ brand.
Samsung and Dettol sit in second and third place, respectively, on the most trusted list. Dettol was also in the top three last year.
The survey ranks New Zealand’s top 10 trusted brands* and 41 category winners. The other brands to finish in the top 10 are, in order, from fourth place: Panasonic, Toyota, Dilmah, Sony , Huntley & Palmers, Air NZ and Tip Top Ice Cream. * of brands surveyed.
The results come, not from a reader poll, but an independent, commissioned survey. Reader’s Digest used Catalyst Marketing & Research to survey a representative sample of 1214 New Zealand adults on the most trusted brands in 41 categories of products and services across a broad range of industries.
Louise Waterson says brands that feature highly have won the “crucial battle” – sometimes across generations – to build a name and a product people believe in.
“Many purchases are made with the heart and, even in this digital age, it’s the brands which continue to offer quality and substance that hold our trust.”
The New Zealanders surveyed were asked what factors influence them to place their trust in a brand. High reputation, great customer service, reliable and cost effective, quality and innovative, promise keepers, consistent and durable (stood the test of time) were the answers.
Louise says, in many cases, the same trustworthy qualities that were attractive to our grandparents remain the primary motivators today. But, that is increasingly being coupled with the presence of well-established social media communities. Social media plays a big part in the winning of trust, with many people preferring the testimonials of fellow consumers on social media.
As results over the last two years have shown, more than 90 per cent of us will trust the social media reviews of our fellow consumers. What’s more, many online shoppers will actively seek out these reviews as part of the shopping process, Louise says.
“There’s no doubt that a well-managed social media account is a valuable tool in fostering ongoing trust.
“For example, on average, over 2.5 million Kiwis use Facebook every month with 80 per cent reporting they use it to discover products and brands. The winning brands featured in the survey understand the role social media plays in terms of the power of customer reviews, and the decision making of prospective customers,” she says.
The survey reveals New Zealanders like to start their day with Sanitarium and Vogels and end it with a Villa Maria wine purchased from New World. They favour Toyotas and prefer them to have Firestone tyres, and be topped up with fuel from Z. If vacuuming is a chore that can’t be ignored then Dyson is the cleaner to trust, while a Masport will take care of the lawn, and Dettol’s there for any necessary cleaning tasks. A Sleepyhead bed – New Zealanders’ favoured bed - will look even better than ever at the end of such an active day.
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242