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Kōrero: Bush trams and other log transport

Whārangi 9. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • Timber industry

    On the Department of Conservation website, this page about the timber industry includes information about locations where you can see the remains of historic kauri dams, log haulers and bush tramways.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Anderson, Ken. Servicing Caterpillar: the story of the Taumarunui branch of Gough Gough & Hamer. Taumarunui: C & S, 2000.
  • Diamond, J. T., and B. W. Hayward. Kauri timber dams. Auckland: Lodestar, 1975.
  • Mahoney, Paul. The era of the bush tram in New Zealand. Wellington: Transpress, 2004.
  • Reed, A. H. The new story of the kauri. Wellington: A. H. & A.W. Reed, 1964.
  • Reed, A. H. The story of the kauri. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1954.
  • Simpson, Thomas E. Kauri to radiata: origin and expansion of the timber industry of New Zealand. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973.
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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/8298/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Mahoney, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.