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That doesn’t change OPs point though. Pine is not a good wood and it requires a ton of work to finish it (plaster board, stopping and paint). It’s only attribute is that it grows fast.

Another issue is that building sites have massive wastage. It’s just so demoralising walking past their skips. If walls were prefabricated and shipped it would be hard to do worse than NZs current standard, even with shipping from a long distance.

I’ve seen over ordered materials just binned rather than collected and returned or sold.