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Kōrero: Gold and gold mining

New Zealand gold production by region

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New Zealand gold production by region

The three major goldfields of New Zealand, at Otago, the West Coast and Coromandel Peninsula, have produced about the same amount of gold. Up to 2003 each had produced around 260,000–270,000 kilograms and still had mines in operation.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Annual production reports, Mines Department (later Ministry of Energy, then Crown Minerals, Ministry of Economic Development)

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Carl Walrond, Gold and gold mining – Gold and the economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/8660/new-zealand-gold-production-by-region (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.