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Horse-drawn public transport

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Horse-drawn public transport

The role of horses in city transport is shown in this scene in Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, in 1904. Passengers have just transferred from horse-drawn trams (background) to horse-buses (foreground).

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Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Tramway Workers Union Collection

Reference: PAColl-D-0925-3

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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Emma Meyer, Horses – Transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19274/horse-drawn-public-transport (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Emma Meyer, published 1 March 2009.