Wow, what a week! This last week has been a marathon, grinders and chainsaws blasting long into the night. Haumanu is away (well most of...

The dismantle begins, panel by panel. Each piece is then hollowed out further on the ground. Nick, Alex and Tom hollowing panels. Joe...

Segments of the tree are sprawled everywhere. The top of the tree is now completely closed in. Paul and Nick are creating the templates...

View west at the top of the tower/tree, Waimamaku te awa winding from the maunga to the sea. Long hours on the job, hard on the body and...

Refining the form and sanding the exterior.

Now that all the columns are in place the larger bottom panels are able to be hollowed out further. Sometimes they need to be taken out...

It is hot and the huhu beetles are out in full force. They constantly collide into us while we work, especially in the evening. We are...

Columns are being constructed and lifted into the lower half of the tree. Work continues on the splitting and hollowing of the branches.

Down the rabbit hole we go again! Felt like some of the work was undone this past week as adjustments had to be made before the columns...

Layout and placement of the roots are underway. Below are some of the main branches that attach from the trunk and are to be suspended...

Oh the wood chips are piling up now! All hands on deck as we move into the final months of production. Each piece of wood is to be taken...