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Kōrero: Building materials

Light timber framing

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Light timber framing

The most common method of building New Zealand houses has been light timber framing. The technique forms the walls, floor and roof of many houses.

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Jeremy Salmond, Building materials – Early houses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25090/light-timber-framing (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jeremy Salmond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2010.