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TROW is one of Aotearoa and the Pacific’s largest waste recovery service providers.

Weaving commercial and residential deconstruction with broader outcomes that uplift communities while protecting Papatūānuku

13/10/2026

A different kind of project for TROW 🌿

We’re around halfway through our Fernhill Informal Track Upgrade at Albany Park, where our team is putting their skills to work in a different environment.

Rather than deconstructing a building, this project focuses on improving an existing track through the bush, making it safer, more stable and easier to navigate while retaining the natural character of the surrounding area. 🌱

So far, our team has been preparing and clearing sections of the track, widening the path where possible and getting areas ready for the next stages of work. We’ve also adopted the idea from our recent Papatoetoe project to Fernhill, adapting our purpose-built chute to help move tools and equipment beneath the bridge to reduce the need for our crew to carry materials over slippery, uneven ground, making the work safer and more efficient.

Working in this environment brings its own challenges, from difficult terrain to finding practical ways to move equipment around the site. It takes careful planning, innovative thinking and a strong focus on health and safety at every stage. 🚧

Projects like Fernhill show the versatility of our team and the range of work we can deliver. From deconstruction and resource recovery to civil works, maintenance and track upgrades, we bring the same focus on quality, safety and getting the job done right.

We look forward to sharing more progress as the upgrade continues.

05/10/2026

Imagine taking a photo with your son after winning a Super League Grand Final, never knowing that years later, you’d recreate that exact same photo after watching him win his very own.

Well, for our very own Super League great Joe Vagana, that’s exactly what happened.

At the final hour, Joe boarded one of the last flights leaving New Zealand for England to be there for his son Isaiah as he lined up for the 2026 Super League Grand Final with Wakefield Trinity.

Joe knows exactly what it means to play on that stage. During his time with the Bradford Bulls, he won three Super League Premierships in 2001, 2003 and 2005, alongside the 2003 Challenge Cup and three World Club Challenges in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Seven major titles across an incredible period of his career.

So watching Isaiah go out and do it for himself, and then seeing Wakefield lift the trophy, must have been a pretty special moment for Joe and the whole Vagana whānau.

And what makes it even better is THE photo.

After Isaiah’s win, Joe and his son recreated the same photo Joe took with Isaiah years ago after one of his own Grand Final wins with Bradford. Same dad, same son, same celebration, just many years and a whole lot of rugby in between.

It’s hard to imagine what that moment must have felt like for Joe. To have spent years of his life chasing those very moments himself, to then stand amongst the crowd watching his son experience it, we can only imagine the pride that flooded the stands that day.

For us at TROW, we couldn’t be prouder to see one of our own sharing such a huge moment with his whānau.

Congratulations Isaiah. What a way to start your Super League legacy.

And Joe, we reckon you’ve got a bit of competition now… we can’t wait to watch Isaiah chase down, and hopefully one day surpass, his dad’s three Super League Grand Final wins. 🏆🏆🏆

01/10/2026

It’s a big weekend coming up for rugby league, with the NRL and Super League Grand Finals both taking place.

For us here at TROW, we’ll have a little extra interest in the Super League game, with our former Health, Safety & Compliance apprentice, Isaiah Vagana, heading into the Grand Final with Wakefield Trinity.

Isaiah was part of the TROW whānau before heading over to the UK, so it’s pretty cool seeing him now preparing to play on one of rugby league’s biggest stages.

Wakefield Trinity will take on Warrington Wolves this Saturday, and we’ll be keeping an eye on the game from back here in Aotearoa.

All the best for the weekend, Isaiah. The TROW whānau will be backing you from this side of the world! 🏉

29/09/2026

Just over two years ago, we stood in front of Auckland Council for one of the biggest presentations we had done as a team.

We had pulled together everything we had been working towards, everything we had learnt, built and developed as a business, and shared the mahi we had done leading up to that point. We were hoping to be given the opportunity to sit on the Deconstruction Panel for the Auckland Recovery Office (ARO) Flood Recovery Programme, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Not long after, we received the letter confirming that we had been successful and accepted onto the panel. 💚

And honestly, I don’t think anyone could have told us then just how much of a journey we were about to go on.

It has been one of the most rewarding, challenging, warming and eye-opening chapters for our team.

There have been so many different moments throughout this work that have stayed with us. The people we’ve met. The stories we’ve heard. The homes we’ve walked through. The things we’ve found tucked away in cupboards, sheds and corners of properties that were once someone’s home.

We’ve had the privilege of working alongside so many former homeowners whose lives changed forever after losing their homes. Being able to help people retrieve photographs, personal belongings, little keepsakes and memories from those properties has been something that has meant a lot to our team. 🏠

Sometimes it has been something small that we’ve managed to find and return, but you quickly realise that it isn’t really about the item itself. It’s what that item means to the person standing in front of you.

That part of the mahi has probably been one of the biggest things we’ve taken away from this programme.

It has also challenged us to look differently at what deconstruction can be.

We’ve always cared about how we take buildings apart and what happens to the materials afterwards, but this work has shown us another side of it too, more than ever before.

When you’re working with homes that people have lost through circumstances completely outside of their control, there is a different level of care that has to sit behind the work. 🤝

The ARO journey is still happening, and we’re still learning from it every day.

However, during September, we took a little time to look back and pull together the recovery and waste diversion numbers from the work we’ve completed so far across the programme, to share with you. 📊

It was actually pretty special to sit down and see it all in one place.

All the homes. All the materials. All the tonnes that were recovered, reused, recycled and diverted from landfill where possible.

Not because the numbers tell the whole story, they definitely don’t, but because they give us another way to see just how much has happened over the past two years.

And there’s still plenty more to come. 🌱

27/09/2026

These materials were sourced directly from our Mt Roskill site and are now getting a second life through some awesome local mahi.

Love seeing materials stay in use and support other projects in our community.

Awesome mahi team! 👏

24/09/2026

It’s been a hot minute since we’ve shared a little insight into what’s happening on the ground here at TROW Group 🌱

So, here’s a quick look at one of our current sites in Mt Roskill, where the team is about 60–70% of the way through the deconstruction.

What we’ve really loved seeing on this one is the care the team are putting into the job. From handling materials with care, to properly sorting for the absolute best result for reuse - it's such a privilege to witness!

And that’s happening right across Auckland at the moment. 💥

Our crews are out working across South Auckland, Central Auckland, the North Shore and back out here in West Auckland, putting in the hard yards on site and keeping materials moving through the right recovery and reuse pathways.

There’s still plenty more to come from this site, so stay locked into our socials as we share more from the ground. 👀

18/09/2026

TE KĪ O TE RĀMERE | Friday’s Quote 🌿

Mā tini, mā mano, ka rapa te whai.
By many, by thousands, the work will be accomplished.

It speaks to what we can achieve when many people contribute to the same kaupapa.

Big things rarely happen because of one person. They happen because people show up, bring what they can, and keep moving the mahi forward.

We see that in our own work. A building can hold thousands of materials, but it takes a whole team to carefully recover them, sort them, move them and give them another purpose. One person might lift the timber. Another might find where it can go next. Someone else makes sure it gets there. 💚

It’s the same with te reo Māori. One person speaking it is important. A whole community speaking it is powerful.

So today, give it a go. Use a kupu. Start a kōrero. Share one with someone else.

Mā tini, mā mano. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

17/09/2026

Te Kī o te Rāpare | Thursday's Quote 🌿

Today’s quote reminds us of the connection between language, thought and the world around us.

“Ko te reo Māori te kākahu o te whakaaro, te huarahi i te ao tūroa.”
“Māori language is the cloak of thought, the pathway through the natural world.”

The language we use shapes how we understand the world around us.

Our mahi is grounded in a similar whakaaro. The way we work with materials, whenua and our communities reflects how we value what is around us and what we leave behind.

Te reo gives us a way to express those connections, carry knowledge forward and see the world through a Māori lens.

Hei āpōpō | See you tomorrow!

16/09/2026

Te Kī o te Rāapa | Wednesdays Quote 🌿

"Ko te whenua te waiū mō ngā uri whakatipu"
“The land is the sustenance for generations to come.”

This whakaaro is reflected in the way we approach our mahi. When buildings come down, we look at what can be recovered, reused and kept in circulation. Timber, bricks, doors, windows and fixtures can all have another life.

It’s about making better use of what we already have and thinking about what we leave behind.

Te reo Māori carries that same connection between whenua, people, knowledge and generations. Keeping the language alive helps keep those connections alive too.

Hei āpōpō | See you tomorrow!

15/09/2026

Te kī o te Rātū | Tuesdays Quote 🌿

"Ko tōku nui, tōku wehi, tōku whakatiketike, tōku reo."
“My language is my greatness, my inspiration, that which I hold precious.”

Yesterday, we reflected on the importance of te reo Māori as a taonga and the role we all have in keeping the language alive.

Today’s quote speaks to something deeper: the pride, strength and value that language carries.

There is something powerful in these words. Language is more than a means of communication. It can be a source of identity, pride, belonging and strength. It carries the voices, knowledge and experiences of those who came before us and gives us a way to carry them forward.

Recognising value is at the heart of our mahi. We are building on seeing value where others see waste

As we continue through Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, we celebrate the strength that comes from knowing where we come from, valuing what has been passed down to us, and ensuring it has a place in the future.

Hei āpōpō | See you tomorrow! 🫶🏾

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