Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, October 1974

Kaiuma

Kaiuma

De Boo Brothers and three mates erected a mill in Kaiuma Valley on Pretty's property and after cutting the timber on that property they moved to an area of Crown land further up the Kaiuma Stream. At this stage the mill was taken over by Goslings. When the bush was cut out there the plant was bought by Simpson and Templeman and this is the one previously mentioned as being used in the Ronga Valley. Again, later, the mill was moved to the Rai township and operated there by Fred Templeman for quite a number of years. Today this same mill is being operated by Mr Gibson. Logs are collected for near and far, operating in areas where logs could never have been collected prior to the use of crawler tractors.