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Kōrero: Northland places

Hikurangi coal mine

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Hikurangi coal mine

Hikurangi, 16 kilometres north of Whangārei, had rich coal deposits which were mined from the 1890s. The mine buildings are in the foreground, with the settlement behind.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-006795; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Claudia Orange, Northland places – Whangārei city and environs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7874/hikurangi-coal-mine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Claudia Orange, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.