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Kōrero: Gold and gold mining

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - As good as gold

First mines

Depression prospectors

Depression prospectors

Gold and silver production, 1857–2004

Gold and silver production, 1857–2004

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Where you find it

New Zealand’s goldfields

New Zealand’s goldfields

Gold ring

Weighing silver

Weighing silver

Gold-bearing quartz

Gold-bearing quartz

Alluvial gold

Shotover River

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Otago

Edward Peters

Edward Peters (1 o 3)

Gabriels Gully

Gabriels Gully (2 o 3)

First miner’s right

First miner’s right (3 o 3)

First gold discovery at Dunstan

First gold discovery at Dunstan

Otago cavalcade, 2005

Otago cavalcade, 2005

Prospectus

Macetown, 1900

Macetown, 1900 (1 o 2)

Macetown, 1982

Macetown, 1982 (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - West Coast

Ōkārito

Beach mining

Free pardon

Mining batteries

Mining batteries

Sluicing

Diseased and healthy lung

Diseased and healthy lung (1 o 2)

The Jones family

The Jones family (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Coromandel Peninsula

Ye diggings, 1852

Ye diggings, 1852

Golden pyramid

Stamper battery

Stamper battery

Cyanide vats

Crushed quartz

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Other goldfields

Wakamarina Gorge, 1890

Wakamarina Gorge, 1890

Chinese temple, Round Hill

Chinese temple, Round Hill

Cape Terawhiti

Queenstown courthouse

Queenstown courthouse

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Methods of mining

Sluice and cradle, Kapanga Stream

Sluice and cradle, Kapanga Stream

Water race

St Bathans

St Bathans (1 o 2)

Blue Lake

Blue Lake (2 o 2)

Kawarau Falls Dam, 1925

Kawarau Falls Dam, 1925

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Dredging

Spoon dredge, Buller River, 1895

Spoon dredge, Buller River, 1895

Wheel and steam dredge

Wheel and steam dredge (1 o 3)

Dredge buckets

Dredge buckets (2 o 3)

Choie Sew Hoy’s dredge

Choie Sew Hoy’s dredge (3 o 3)

Gold dredge

Northburn tailings

Northburn tailings

Dredge in a pond, 1995

Dredge in a pond, 1995

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Miners

Ballarat, Australia, 1855

Ballarat, Australia, 1855

Miners’ origins

Miners’ origins

Macetown children, 1902

Macetown children, 1902

Gabriels Gully jubilee

Gabriels Gully jubilee

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Māori and Chinese miners

Arahura River mouth, 1846

Arahura River mouth, 1846

Coromandel Harbour, 1852

Coromandel Harbour, 1852

Mr Punch’s welcome

Mr Punch’s welcome

Chinese settlement, Arrowtown

Chinese settlement, Arrowtown

Pakapoo ticket

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Recent mining

Gold production in New Zealand, 1850s–2000s

Gold production in New Zealand, 1850s–2000s

Digger and gold plant

Digger and gold plant

Ross, West Coast

Ross, West Coast

Martha mine

Golden Cross mine, 1995

Golden Cross mine, 1995 (1 o 2)

Golden Cross mine, 2001

Golden Cross mine, 2001 (2 o 2)

Anti-mining protesters

Anti-mining protesters

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Gold and the economy

Simpson and Hart’s brewery, 1904

Simpson and Hart’s brewery, 1904

Electricity comes to Reefton

Electricity comes to Reefton

School of mines furnaces

School of mines furnaces

Testing gold

New Zealand gold production by region

New Zealand gold production by region

Frasers pit

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/gold-and-gold-mining/media (accessed 1 April 2023)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006