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History in the hills: Stamper batteries
Stamper batteries were massive iron machines, hauled into remote locations in the search for gold. Many are still there today.
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Route Guide: Croesus Track
This pretty and easy walk through historic gold
country climbs gently over the eroded Paparoa Ranges between
Blackball and Barrytown on the West
Coast.
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Pike29: memorial money-maker
Today, Nick Smith, Environment Minister, announced plans to construct New Zealand's tenth Great Walk as a memorial to the 29 miners who died in the Pike River Mine Disaster of November 2010. The Pike29 Memorial Track will be 45km in ...
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