Golden Bay's drovers and their 180-kilometre trek to market
Cattle at "the blow hole" being driven up the coast to Paturau. Stock trucks today make the movement of stock around the country an everyday affair. But the horse-mounted droving of farm animals up and down the country were real feats which will never be seen again. Mobs being driven through small towns and rural localities were commonplace, the reason sturdy front fences and gates became common across the country. Local farmers often helped out with the musters as they went through - snorting horses, barking dogs and dust everywhere. A lot could go wrong, but panic was an unknown word.
Source: stuff.co.nz