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Kōrero: South African War

Troopers relaxing

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Troopers relaxing

After the first year the war in South Africa became a mobile guerrilla war. The New Zealanders operated in small groups such as this, and the conditions were rough, with a greater emphasis upon quick responses to small skirmishes rather than massed large-scale actions.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/4-015703; 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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Jock Phillips, South African War – The troopers in South Africa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36201/troopers-relaxing (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 18 April 2012.