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Story: Otago region

OceanaGold mine

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OceanaGold mine
Melbourne-based OceanaGold operates a gold mine at Macraes Flat, west of Palmerston. Barely visible from public roads, from the air the opencast mine workings are a dominant feature of the inland East Otago landscape.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Industry and development since 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22716/oceanagold-mine (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.