The Longwood Range is a range of hills to the west of the Southland Plains, Southland, New Zealand.[1] From the 1860s until the 1950s gold mining was prevalent in the Longwood Ranges.[2] There are many small towns and localities situated around the periphery of these hills: clockwise from the south-east, these include Riverton, Pourakino Valley, Colac Bay, Pahia, Orepuki, Tuatapere, Otautau and Thornbury.[3]

Longwood had railway station until 5 November 1972,[4] connected to a More & Sons bush tramway from 1902 to 1 September 1960.[5][6]

The Te Araroa Trail runs through the forest.

The highest point of the range is Bald Hill, west of Otautau, and is used for a cellphone tower.[7]

References

  1. ^ McGlone, M. S. & Bathgate, J. L. (July 1983). "Vegetation and climate history of the Longwood Range, South Island, New Zealand, 12 000 B. P. to the present". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 293–315. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428560. ISSN 0028-825X
  2. ^ "Longwood Forest Conservation Area" (in en-nz). Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ Grant, David (25 May 2015). "Southland places". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ Scoble, Juliet. "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
  5. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 29.
  6. ^ "Photograph, More's mill railway siding ; Unknown photographer; 1910-1920". eHive. Retrieved 2026-05-25.
  7. ^ "Longwood Forest Track". www.walkingaccess.govt.nz. Jan 6, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-19.