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Story: Southern beech forest

Rowallan Forest, Southland

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Rowallan Forest, Southland

In 1996 the Māori owners of the pristine Waitutu Forest were granted cutting rights to Rowallan and Longwood forests in the south-west of the South Island. The forests are sustainably managed for silver beech timber extraction.

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Joanna Orwin, Southern beech forest – Uses and management, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13329/rowallan-forest-southland (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.