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Story: Hauraki–Coromandel region

‘We can’t allow gold mining…’

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‘We can’t allow gold mining…’

Some critics think too much upscale housing development of the kind sketched in this cartoon has ruined the laid-back, low-key spirit of Coromandel holiday places that is exemplified by the modest dwelling at left.

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Population and society since 1910, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/30496/we-cant-allow-gold-mining (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.