Kōrero: Horses

The mail must get through

The mail must get through

River crossings were particularly susceptible to weather, with rain likely to turn streams into fast-flowing torrents. Here, a mail coach crosses the swollen Ōtira River in the 1880s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Post & Telegraph Collection
Reference: 1/4-019606; 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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Emma Meyer, 'Horses - Transport', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19273/the-mail-must-get-through (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Emma Meyer, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008