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Waihī mining: miner’s house

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Waihī mining: miner’s house

This compact cottage is a characteristic miner’s house from the heyday of underground mining in Waihī, between 1900 and 1920.

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel places – Waihī and surrounds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30759/waihi-mining-miners-house (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010.