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.
Horses feeding Horses on their way to South Africa A rider takes aim while in full flight More than 8000 horses went from New Zealand to the war in South Africa. Conditions for them were tough, and 'wastage' - the number killed - was high: during April 1901, for example, two were killed in action, 95 had to be destroyed and 45 died.
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
Trooper Walter Stackwood of Eastrie Woodend, Canterbury, of the Second Contingent, photographed in 1899. This Contingent was made up of members of the Volunteer Force, as well as members of the regular military forces.
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.
'Feeding Old Dobbin can be made into pleasant work too' is the official caption of this photograph of Private Arlen Olsen and Corporal Al Cartwright with Dorothy Penny and Lindsay Horwell of Pukekohe
