Story: Gold and gold mining

Anti-mining protesters

Anti-mining protesters

Coromandel Peninsula has a long history of mining. In the 1970s many people looking for an alternative lifestyle moved to the peninsula, attracted by cheap land. They opposed further mining as many of the old, abandoned mines had ruined the environment. Attempts to ban mining on the peninsula have been battled out in court. With as much as $10 billion worth of gold left there, mining’s supporters point out the economic opportunities missed if mining were to be banned.

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Reference: 19 August 2004
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Carl Walrond, 'Gold and gold mining - Recent mining', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/8655/anti-mining-protesters (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006