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Bullock team

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Bullock team

Before motor transport, bullock teams were used to haul heavy loads. Bullocks were slow but very powerful, and did not require special feeding. Here, two bullock teams yoked together in a long train pull two loaded wagons.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Frederick Ashby Hargreaves Collection (PAColl-3047)

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by Frederick Ashby Hargreaves

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James Watson, Transport – overview – Before motor transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24979/bullock-team (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by James Watson, published 10 June 2013.