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Tawa panelling

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Tawa panelling

The attractive pale wood of tawa was shown off to great effect in the original flooring and wood panels in the Beehive, the executive wing of New Zealand’s Parliament Buildings.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Tall broadleaf trees – Trees of fertile lowlands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13732/tawa-panelling (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.