Annabel ReidMultimedia Journalist·Rotorua Daily Post·30 Sep, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to read Carl Peterson, founder of Peterson Sawmills, died on September 11, aged 80. Carl Peterson, founder of Peterson Sawmills, died on September 11, aged 80.Carl Peterson turned garage sale scraps into an invention in 1988 that changed sawmilling around the world.His daughter, Kerris Browne, said creating the first commercial portable swingblade sawmill became her father’s “legacy”, enabling people in 1989 to mill their own logs into valuable timber. She is proud now of
Carl Peterson: The ‘mad professor’ who helped change sawmilling from his Rotorua backyard
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