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Waihī mining: pit rim walkway

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Waihī mining: pit rim walkway

This walkway enables visitors to walk from the centre of Waihi town to the edge of the huge open-pit gold mine. Viewing platforms give views both of the mine and the surrounding countryside.

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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/31069/waihi-mining-pit-rim-walkway (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010.