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Kōrero: Bush trams and other log transport

Log drive

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Log drive

At Goldies Bush in the Waitākere Ranges in the early 1920s, this kauri dam has just been tripped and the logs are hurtling downstream in a flood of water.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-002113; 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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Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Moving kauri: dams and rafting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12248/log-drive (accessed 4 June 2026).

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