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Kōrero: Bush trams and other log transport

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Transporting logs: 1840s–today

Kauri logs

Bushmen on a bush train

Bushmen on a bush train

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Skidding and hauling

Dragging timber

Dragging timber

Sniping logs

Sniping logs (1 o 3)

16–bullock team

16–bullock team (2 o 3)

12–bullock team

12–bullock team (3 o 3)

Steam hauler

Ropey and hauled log

Ropey and hauled log

Skidder

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Bush tramways

Bush tram viaduct

Bush tram viaduct

Horse team

Wooden rails

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Lokeys, bogies and rail tractors

Piha tramway

Johnston 16-wheeler

Johnston 16-wheeler (1 o 3)

Davidson chain-and-sprocket geared locomotive

Davidson chain-and-sprocket geared locomotive (2 o 3)

A. & G. Price geared locomotive

A. & G. Price geared locomotive (3 o 3)

Brakemen

Home-made rail tractor

Home-made rail tractor (1 o 3)

Bush jigger

Bush jigger (2 o 3)

Chevrolet jigger

Chevrolet jigger (3 o 3)

Bush tramway sites

Bush tramway sites

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Curves, trestles and inclines

Corkscrew railway

Corkscrew railway

Percy Burn viaduct

Percy Burn viaduct

Wooden trestle viaduct

Wooden trestle viaduct

Billy Goat incline

Billy Goat incline

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Moving kauri: dams and rafting

Kauri dam

Kauri dam ready for tripping

Kauri dam ready for tripping

Log drive

Boring holes for a log raft

Boring holes for a log raft

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Roads and trucks

Early logging truck

Early logging truck

1950s logging truck

1950s logging truck

Modern logging truck

Modern logging truck

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Bush transport yarns

The big bang

A lot of bull

Goodbye to the bush

Goodbye to the bush

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Paul Mahoney, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/bush-trams-and-other-log-transport/media (accessed 10 December 2023)

He kōrero nā Paul Mahoney, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007