![]() ![]() Some of the richest alluvial deposits were mined along the banks of the Arrow River and Shotover River. With the passage of time, the gold mining activities began extending to other parts of the country, primarily through the rich goldfields of Otago. ![]() The serious gold rush activities in New Zealand began at a place called Gabriel’s Gully at the southern end of the country. Among them were miners from California and Australia. This influx attracted miners from places which also had experienced gold rushes earlier. This was the strike that brought the world’s attention to New Zealand.įollowing the initial discovery at Otago, there was population increase in the area from various gold seekers from different places. The gold rush in this area began in the 1860s and continued for decades. Serious mining efforts commenced during the major gold rush period that occurred in Otago. The rushes didn’t last long though the easily accessible gold was quickly mined out and people moved on. ![]() In September of 1852 a man named Charles Ring won the prize offered after he found some payable quantities of gold in Coromandel.Īfterwards, when Charles Ring won the prize there was a minor gold rush in the area of Coromandel Township and other nearby places namely Cape Colville and Mercury Bay. In the 1850s some people with commercial interest in Auckland made an offer of £500 as a prize that was going to be given to anyone that would extract gold worth a fortune.īy the time a prize offer had been offered, settlers in New Zealand had already started moving out heading to California and Australia where they were experiencing gold rushes. At that time there were only a small quantity of gold extracted and the discovery was largely forgotten. In the year 1842 New Zealand experienced a few new gold discoveries near Nelson. ![]() Minor gold deposits have been known since at least the 1840s. The history of New Zealand’s goes hand in hand with gold mining. ![]()
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