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Forest Service conference, 1921

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Forest Service conference, 1921

Soon after the New Zealand Forest Service was set up, a conference was held in Wellington to discuss the state forestry programme. Among those posing for an official photograph is the Director of Forestry Leon McIntosh Ellis (fourth from left, seated). He was Canadian by birth and training.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Logging native forests – Managing native forests, 1920s–1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12754/forest-service-conference-1921 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.