Sector - Logging/timber

Much of New Zealand’s early wealth was built on native tree logging, but since the 1950’s the native logging started to be phased out and be eventually replaced by exotic species, such as Radiata Pine,  which New Zealand is a major exporter of.

The following images trace our logging history and show the evolution of one of the most important aspects of road transport.

This page will be added to as new material is uploaded.

Should you have any information on any of these photos, contact the editor@truckarchive.co.nz and we will add this info to the caption.

We welcome any photo’s prior to 1970 and will add them to the archive, and create a Looking Back – owners collection page – should there be enough images.

Quote the image data so we can apply it to the relevant picture.