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Kōrero: Mining and underground resources

Restored mine land

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Restored mine land

Weaver’s opencast coal mine, in the Waikato, closed in 1993. The opencast pit was allowed to fill with water, forming a small lake, and the surrounding area has been smoothed out and planted in grass and shrubs to form a recreation area.

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Simon Nathan, Mining and underground resources – The mining industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9229/restored-mine-land (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.