Gold Mining
My Current Song: Chris Priestley & The Unsung Heroes
My Current Song this morning is from Chris Priestley & The Unsung Heroes, who are currently touring New Zealand, singing about... our unsung heroes. Prominent actor and director Peter Elliott, the… Audio
Surge of interest in gold mining
The South Island West Coast has seen a surge of interest from players large and small in gold prospecting.
Spurred on by a relatively high gold price, up by nearly 20 percent on the start of last… Audio
Golddigger MPs: Parliament's goldfield electorates
Women couldn't vote and Māori seats hadn't yet appeared in Parliament but gold miners had special representation. Jamie Tahana looks at the goldfield electorates of the 1800s. Audio
A spooky Otago honeymoon
Lizzie Tollemache and David Ladderman's honeymoon was not exactly normal; in fact it was paranormal. Audio
Insight: Pumped Dry - Central Otago Farmers' Fight for Water
Alarm is growing in Central Otago as the region's 150-year-old water licence system is overhauled. Ian Telfer explores if the permits from the gold rush days can be updated without leaving farmers… Audio
New novel set in the slums of gold rush Dunedin
At the start of Jude Thomas' debut novel Southern Gold, we meet the daughter of a privileged girl, estranged from her family. She chooses to live in a seedy part of 1850s Dunedin to raise her… Audio, Gallery
Protest temporarily halts gold survey
Anti-mining protesters briefly shut down a gold survey site in Coromandel on the weekend, and called for an end to mining in the area. Audio
Protests continue at Coromandel gold drilling sites
To the Coromandel now where Anti-gold mining protesters have disrupted exploratory drilling at Karangahake once again at the weekend. Audio
Country Life Summer Edition Saturday, January 16, 2016
A selection of some of the best Country Life stories from 2015. In this episode: Sovrano Limoncello, A Photographer Like Alice and Golden Memories Audio
Golden Memories
Ross is a sleepy township near Hokitika that was settled in 1865 as a gold mining town. Biddy Manera was born there and has become an outspoken advocate for the community. She looks after the Catholic… Audio
Gold and Green
Mining for gold on the West Coast has proved successful for Michael Phelps, but now he has decided to protect the remaining native forest on his land from future mining ventures by putting it into… Audio
Macraes mine could get a new lease of life
Workers at the country's biggest gold mine, who'd been facing redundancy in two years time have been thrown a lifeline by their bosses. Audio
OceanaGold case worries TPP opponents
The mining company which owns the Reefton, Macraes and Frasers gold mines in the South Island, is suing the country of El Salvador after it was refused a mining permit to dig for gold there. Audio
Spectrum for 8 June 2014
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, George Davies, along with his mates Curly and Big Mac, gave up the struggle to survive in the city and travelled to the Howard goldfield in the Upper Buller… Audio
The Waihi gold strike of 1912
Historian Mark Derby and documentary painter Bob Kerr collaborate to remember the 1912 Waihi miners' strike in words and images in a book called Waiheathens. Audio
Insight Sunday 09 March 2008: Gold Mining
With the rise in the gold price Insight looks at how the industry is expanding in New Zealand. Audio