The transformation of space through new communication and transport systems was a preoccupation in nineteenth-century New Zealand; twentieth-century society was no less intent on bridging gaps between people and places.
The memorial to 'Bess' near Flock House, Manawatu. During the First World War 'Bess' or Zelma, was the only horse to leave with the Main Body and eventually return to New Zealand
The old and the new. A horse-drawn team passes a tank that seems to have broken down on the side of the road. Over 100,000 British horses were estimated to have been killed in the Somme offensive.
Members of the Seventh Contingent packing up camp in South Africa. The men and horses still look in reasonably good condition, in spite of the often harsh conditions they experienced
Detail of the camp at Newtown Park, Wellington, of the second New Zealand Contingent of troops for the South African War. Shows some of the tents of the camp, and in the foreground soldiers watering horses at a wooden trough.
