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Homewood Stoves is a family business that designs and builds solid cast-iron wood stoves for cooking and heating. We are the only cast-iron wood stove manufacturers in New Zealand and our stoves go all over New Zealand and out to many of the close islands.
It’s very important to us that our stoves are of the very highest quality - they are hand-assembled from the finest materials and finished to the highest possible standard – and that they have a positive impact on the environment.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan.
Author Michael Pollan takes us on an eye-opening journey through our vastly different options – should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or how about something we’ve hunted or grown ourselves?
The book follows each of the different food chains that sustain us in the modern world — industrial food, organic food, and food we grow for ourselves – in great detail, from the source, to the processing and transportation, right up to the final meal on our plates… read more
We do things a little differently here. There’s no team of consultants, no CAD-drafted design drawings, no R&D budget to speak of. No one punches in dimensions for some laser to spit out perfect shapes…. read more | 1 Comment
One of our customers is selling their 5 acre property south of Levin, Horowhenua – complete with Homewood Heritage!
“Two hectares of Fertile soil Excellent growing area, with mild climate and regular rain. Property very sheltered from any wind. Two, one bedroom cottages… read more
The Homewood cabin became something of a celebrity at the field days we attended around New Zealand.
Made up from recycled timber and corrugated iron that we transported on a trailer, the cabin was roughly 6m by 4m once erected, and took two days for us to build each time… read more | 4 Comments