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  2. Coromandel Gold Rushes - Wikipedia

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    A group of Auckland businessmen offered a reward of £100, increased to £500 for the finding of gold in the Auckland region. The Auckland Provincial Council then offered £2000 for the finding of a goldfield in the Hauraki region south of Auckland, though southerners like the Otago Daily Times regarded the potential Coromandel goldfields as a "Complete Hoax".

  3. Coins of the New Zealand pound - Wikipedia

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    Coinage was first brought to New Zealand by whalers and traders in the early 19th century. Following the establishment of the Colony of New Zealand in the 1840s, Spanish silver coins formed the bulk of currency in circulation, but silver and gold coinage from the United States, Portugal, France, and the Netherlands also circulated.

  4. West Coast gold rush - Wikipedia

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    This setting was partly inspired by Elsie Locke's classic New Zealand children's novel The Runaway Settlers, which also features the gold rush. [5] [6] In Rose Tremains's 2003 novel The Colour a British couple emigrate to New Zealand and the husband gets swept up in the gold rush. The title refers to the gold prospectors' term for very fine ...

  5. Gabriel's Gully - Wikipedia

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    It was the site of New Zealand's first major gold rush. The discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully by Gabriel Read on 25 May 1861 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] led to the Otago gold rush . [ 2 ] While gold had been found in Otago before, this rush was beyond expectation, with the population of the gold field rising from almost nothing to around 11,500 within a ...

  6. Mining in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Mining in New Zealand began when the Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation. [1] Mining by Europeans began in the latter half of the 19th century. New Zealand has abundant resources of coal, silver, iron ore, limestone and gold. It ranked 22 in the world in terms of iron ore production and 29th in gold ...

  7. Otago gold rush - Wikipedia

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    The Otago gold rush (often called the Central Otago gold rush) was a gold rush that occurred during the 1860s in Central Otago, New Zealand. This was the country's biggest gold strike, and led to a rapid influx of foreign miners to the area – many of them veterans of other hunts for the precious metal in California and Victoria , Australia .

  8. Yahoo Finance - Wikipedia

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    Yahoo Finance is a media property that is part of the Yahoo network. It provides financial news, data and commentary including stock quotes , press releases , financial reports , and original content.

  9. Coins of the New Zealand dollar - Wikipedia

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    The coins of the New Zealand dollar are used for the smallest physical currency available in New Zealand. The current denominations are ten cents, twenty cents, fifty cents, one dollar and two dollars. The $1 and $2 coins are minted in a gold colour, the 20c and 50c coins are silver colour and the 10c coin is plated in copper. Larger denominations of the New Zealand dollar are minted as ...