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Kōrero: Kauri forest

Bullock team

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Bullock team

Bullock teams were often needed to haul huge kauri logs out of the bush to the nearest river or harbour. They were used from the 1820s until the 1940s, when they were replaced by tractor haulers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-020852; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Joanna Orwin, Kauri forest – Using kauri, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10037/bullock-team (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Joanna Orwin, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.