29 Mar 2021

Timber shortage stress for smaller building outlets

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 29 March 2021

A shortage in supply of timber for building projects is being labelled "a comedy of errors" that's going to cause a lot of stress and hardship for small-time builders.

Supply constraints means Carter Holt Harvey - one of our biggest timber manufacturers - has stopped selling structural timber to ITM and Mitre 10, prompting fears costs will increases and construction will slow.

Eva Corlett reports.