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Story: Marlborough region

Gold mining claim

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Gold mining claim

Miners and visitors pose with a new water wheel at the Never Surrender claim at Cullensville, Māhakipawa, around 1890. Cullensville was the site of a gold rush in 1888.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough region – Extractive industries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31771/gold-mining-claim (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 9 May 2011, updated 1 November 2016.