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Story: Bush trams and other log transport

Modern logging truck

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Modern logging truck

Today the main form of bush transport is large diesel logging trucks such as this one, in Kāingaroa Forest.

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Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Roads and trucks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12252/modern-logging-truck (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Mahoney, published 1 March 2009.