RoNZ Furniture Hospital

RoNZ Furniture Hospital Ron is an artisan woodworker, making and repairing solid-wood furniture using sustainable New Zealand timbers, as well as exotic timbers and bamboo.

From the Beginning

Ron has been in the furniture industry since he started his apprenticeship in 1965 in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., repairing office and commercial furniture. He worked at four different places, culminating at Green's Furniture Hospital. Green's is the pre-eminent furniture repair and antique restoration business in Portland and has been since 1917. Ron started his New Zealand furn

iture venture as the Ashford Gallery & Workshop, in Auroa in Taranaki in 1974, so he has considerable experience under his belt. The beds he made were well known throughout the Taranaki Region and beyond. He became known for his flair and flamboyance, which was reflected in the furniture he was commissioned to make as seen in the photo above. Today Ron is located in Dannevirke, and to reflect his beginnings there has been a name change to RoNZ Furniture Hospital. The workshop has undergone some changes and upgrades, but the traditional work methods are still adhered to. Ron is a great believer in permanence and sustainability, he still stands by these statements he made back in 1974 -
"Permanence is when your grandchildren pass on the furniture you had made before your children were born". "There can be no economy in throwaway articles, in fact, the environment is now feeling the effects of this new and dangerous practice. Items of long-lasting quality infringe least on the very limited resources available". We continue to help the environment by using workshop waste wood shavings as mulch around our plants to conserve water during dry summer months.

This page is no longer active or monitored. Contact details are as follows:Phone - 027 487 1152 or 06 374 8132Email - r...
26/02/2025

This page is no longer active or monitored. Contact details are as follows:

Phone - 027 487 1152 or 06 374 8132
Email - [email protected]
Website - RoNZ.co.nz

Humour...
02/03/2021

Humour...

Unfortunately due to the new lockdown, the Martinborough Fair is now postponed until April 10th - if anything changes ag...
28/02/2021

Unfortunately due to the new lockdown, the Martinborough Fair is now postponed until April 10th - if anything changes again, we will let you know.

The new webpage is up and running, although bear with us as some parts are still being worked on.https://www.ronz.co.nz/
25/02/2021

The new webpage is up and running, although bear with us as some parts are still being worked on.

https://www.ronz.co.nz/

22/01/2021

PLEASE NOTE:
New website from 31st March 2021:
RoNZ.co.nz

Yep, end of year clean out time...
25/12/2020

Yep, end of year clean out time...

:) Ruthless

Wood humour...
28/07/2020

Wood humour...

We'll have some beautiful turned bowls and items in a few years time. It is such a long and slow process of drying, roug...
23/07/2020

We'll have some beautiful turned bowls and items in a few years time. It is such a long and slow process of drying, rough turning, more drying, followed by final turning.

A century old NZ native red beech tree was felled on Thursday, July 16 in Dannevirke.

Finally, the first market of our season. See you there...
13/07/2020

Finally, the first market of our season. See you there...

Just happy to get out of the house again really . . .
29/05/2020

Just happy to get out of the house again really . . .

Oaky, we will be at L3 on Tuesday, so we're just letting you know that we can do contactless deliveries and pick-ups.
26/04/2020

Oaky, we will be at L3 on Tuesday, so we're just letting you know that we can do contactless deliveries and pick-ups.

Address

6 Cadman Street
Dannevirke
NEWZEALAND4930

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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From the beginning

Ron has been in the furniture industry since he started his apprenticeship in 1965 in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., repairing office and commercial furniture. He worked at four different places, culminating at Green's Furniture Hospital. Green's is the pre-eminent furniture repair and antique restoration business in Portland and has been since 1917.

Ron started his New Zealand furniture venture as the Ashford Gallery & Workshop, in Auroa in Taranaki in 1974, so he has considerable experience under his belt.

The beds he made were well known throughout the Taranaki Region and beyond. He became known for his flair and flamboyance, which was reflected in the furniture he was commissioned to make as seen in the photo above.

Today Ron is located in Dannevirke, and to reflect his beginnings there has been a name change to RoNZ Furniture Hospital.