Mining in New Zealand

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

Follow the history of gold coal and ironsand mining, and finding pounamu, Examine the conservation and environmental issues around mining. Also covered are types of mining, technology, mining dangers wealth, benefits, and disasters. SCIS no. 1865227

science, social_sciences, technology, history

Image: Copper mining, Kawau Island, 2008

Copper

Copper mining, Kawau Island, 2008

Auckland Libraries

Image: Mining in Northland

Mining in Northland

Forest and Bird

Image: Hydraulic mining

Hydraulic mining

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Quarries

Quarries

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Gold Nuggets and flakes [alluvial gold]

Gold nuggets and flakes

Gold Nuggets and flakes [alluvial gold]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Mining trucks

Mining trucks

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Coal mining, Huntly.

Coal mining

Coal mining, Huntly.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Rogers coal mine

Rogers coal mine

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Otago miner's song

THE OTAGO MINER'S SONG. (Otago Witness, 07 August 1863)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Coal Valley

Coal valley

Coal Valley

NZ On Screen

Image: Hunter's Gold - First Episode

Hunter’s gold

Hunter's Gold - First Episode

NZ On Screen

Image: Mining ironsands, Taharoa

Mining ironsands at Taharoa

Mining ironsands, Taharoa

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Denniston Incline

Denniston incline

Denniston Incline

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Gold-mining

GOLD-MINING. (Marlborough Express, 03 July 1909)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Unauthorised greenstone mining

Unauthorised greenstone mining

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

The gold mines of Wellington

The Wellington Gold Mines. (Poverty Bay Herald, 01 November 1883)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Gold field at Gabriels Gully, Clutha district

Gold field at Gabriel’s Gully

Gold field at Gabriels Gully, Clutha district

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Chinese gold miners at Orepuki

Chinese gold miners

Chinese gold miners at Orepuki

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: waihi gold mine nz

Waihi gold mine

waihi gold mine nz

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Sluicing for gold, (Kumara, West Coast?)

Sluicing for gold at Kumara

Sluicing for gold, (Kumara, West Coast?)

Alexander Turnbull Library

Mining events

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Gold in them hills

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Northland mining

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Seabed mining

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Our kiwi submarine

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Lake Grassmere

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Mining statistics

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Coal mining

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Pounamu

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Swamp kauri

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Image: Gold miners working in a mine

Gold miners in a mine

Gold miners working in a mine

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Dillmanstown, West Coast region

Dillman town

Dillmanstown, West Coast region

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The Kuranui Caledonian Gold Mine. Thames, N.Z.

Caledonian gold mine

The Kuranui Caledonian Gold Mine. Thames, N.Z.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mining at Ross, Westland

Mining at Ross

Mining at Ross, Westland

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Creator Unknown :Photograph of Martha Mine, Waihi

Martha mine, Waihi

Creator Unknown :Photograph of Martha Mine, Waihi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A Cool Idea. Melbourne Punch

A cool idea

A Cool Idea. Melbourne Punch

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Gold dredge, Golden Bay

Gold dredge

Gold dredge, Golden Bay

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Certificate of Miner's Right to Tuapeka Goldfield

Certificate of miner's right to mine Tuapeka goldfield

Certificate of Miner's Right to Tuapeka Goldfield

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Sluicing for gold, Parapara, Collingwood

Sluicing for gold

Sluicing for gold, Parapara, Collingwood

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913] :[Gold mining near Kopu. ca 1868]

Gold mining near Kopu

[Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913] :[Gold mining near Kopu. ca 1868]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: George Fairweather Moonlight

George Fairweather Moonlight

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Carruthers, K (Miss) : Photograph of two men panning for gold

Two men panning for gold

Carruthers, K (Miss) : Photograph of two men panning for gold

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Gold tailings, [Kaniere?]

Gold tailings at Kaniere

Gold tailings, [Kaniere?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Gold rush (New Zealand)

Gold rush (New Zealand)

National Library of New Zealand

Coal mining

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Fossil energy

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What are minerals?

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Mining activities

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Impacts of mining

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Image: Mining protest

Mining protest

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: There's hills in that thar gold..

There's hills in that thar gold..

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Gold and gold mining: Māori and Chinese miners

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Kauri gum

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