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Kōrero: Bush trams and other log transport

12–bullock team

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12–bullock team

In Northland, a 12-bullock team hauls a log over a skidded road. Horizontally placed saplings ease the passage of the logs. Sometimes the logs were placed on sledges, known as catamarans or ‘cats’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)

Reference: 1/1-006244

by Arthur James Northwood

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

Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Skidding and hauling, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12225/12-bullock-team (accessed 4 June 2026).

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