Story: Hauraki–Coromandel region All images and media From page 1 - Overview Hauraki–Coromandel region Images of Hauraki–Coromandel Moehau Waihou River mouth Mining protest Coastline pōhutukawa From page 2 - Geology and landscape Hauraki–Coromandel landforms Cross-section of the Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki Plains Castle Rock Coast at Hahei The Hauraki Plains Inshore islands and coast, Coromandel From page 3 - Climate, plants and animals Hauraki–Coromandel vegetation 1981 Paeroa flood Kauri stump on the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail Vegetation in the lower Waihou valley before human settlement Coromandel fauna: Moehau stag beetle (1st of 4) Coromandel fauna: Coromandel striped gecko (2nd of 4) Coromandel fauna: tusked wētā (3rd of 4) Coromandel fauna: Archey’s frog (4th of 4) From page 4 - Māori migration and settlement Oyster-shell fishing lure Māori place names of the Coromandel peninsula Hauraki tūpuna Natural resources and cultivations on the lower Waihou River Parawai, 1869 From page 5 - Māori and European: 1769 to 1840 Early European visitors: fortified pā, Mercury Bay (1st of 3) Early European visitors: Cook’s journal, 21 November 1769 (2nd of 3) Early European visitors: Te Horetā Te Taniwha (3rd of 3) Timber stands on the Waihou River Waka head Mission stations established in Hauraki in the 1830s From page 6 - Māori society, 1840 to 1920 Traders and Māori at Coromandel Harbour, around 1848 HMS Miranda, 1862 Māori land loss in Coromandel Whenuakite station protest Mere Kuru From page 7 - Kauri timber and gum Giant kauri Logging kauri: driving dams (1st of 2) Logging kauri: log pile-up (2nd of 2) Tree trunk and bushman Kauri 2000 From page 8 - Gold mining Coromandel goldfields, 1852 New Year in Grahamstown, Thames, 1880s Waihī gold-mining timeline How a gold mine worked Waihī miners’ strike: strikebreakers (1st of 3) Waihī miners’ strike: crowd of strikers (2nd of 3) Waihī miners’ strike: citizen's ball ticket (3rd of 3) From page 9 - Drainage and dairying on the plains The drainage of the Hauraki Plains Flooding near Paeroa, 1936 Land drainage operations, Hauraki Plains Waitakaruru settlement Paeroa creamery Hauraki Plains, 2010 From page 10 - Government and politics Local government, 1876–2010 Driven to drink Jeanette Fitzsimons Development versus environment Thames School of Mines: classroom (1st of 2) Thames School of Mines: 1901 syllabus (2nd of 2) From page 11 - Transport and communications Ferry and wharf at Whitianga, 1911 SS Hauiti on the Piako River Old Wires Track: restored telegraph pole (1st of 2) Old Wires Track: report on telegraph line progress (2nd of 2) Karangahake Gorge road, 1930s Kōpū bridge From page 12 - Population and society since 1910 Hauraki–Coromandel town populations, 1906–2006 Ōhuka camp, Mercury Bay ‘We can’t allow gold mining…’ Summer population explosion, 2009–2010 Seafood industry From page 13 - Sport and culture The Swamp Foxes Surf lifesaving at Hot Water Beach Coromandel artists: Barry Brickell (1st of 2) Coromandel artists: Barry Brickell memorial to Michael King (2nd of 2) Prana eco retreat Coromandel School of Mines public battery Master carver Pakariki Harrison
