Millari Mill reopening creates 110 jobs for Gisborne-Tairawhiti

Everyone loves a comeback story and the puffing smokestack on MacDonald Rd, Matawhero, signals an exciting one for Gisborne. The old Juken Nissho sawmill is back up and running under the new name of Millari Mill after being bought by Australian company True Blue Timber in February this year. It has been open and operational for around five months and has created 110 jobs – 109 of them local people.

Millari Mill general manager Shane Wilson is operating the mill again, taking back his old post when it was run by Juken Nissho (JNL). His knowledge and continuity have meant the staff have hit the ground running, processing locally grown logs at the mill, which has a plywood factory, a laminated veneer lumber (LVL) facility and a traditional sawmill.

By the end of the year, Millari Mill will be operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, turning out a minimum of 80,000cu m of LVL, 100,000cu m of timber and 10,000cu m of plywood each year.

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Source: NZ Herald