Author(s): Kevin O'Conner & Kevin J. Lyall

Rotorua Books

Waipa is celebrating 70 years of sawmilling with a new book about the history of the Rotorua site. Commissioned by current owner Red Stag Timber, written by local writers Kevin O'Connor and Kevin Lyall and published by Rotorua's Tony Hadlow of Fine Line Creative, The Cutting Edge - A History of Waipa Sawmill 1939-2010 traces the mill's transition from Government operation, through state-owned enterprise to private ownership under the Central North Island Forestry Partnership and now Red Stag.