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Macraes gold mine

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Macraes gold mine

The massive Macraes gold mine in Otago covers many hectares of land and includes several giant pits, plus roading, machinery, buildings and other infrastructure. This is all ‘physical capital’ – often the biggest capital component of a primary sector industry.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 26 December 2004, p. 27

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Ganesh Nana, Industrial sectors – Primary sector, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23150/macraes-gold-mine (accessed 6 June 2026).

Story by Ganesh Nana, published 7 December 2009.