Waiuta: miner's cottage (1)
Today Waiuta is a remote West Coast ghost town, at the end of a winding road up the Blackwater River, south of Reefton.
But from 1906-1951 it was the company town for the South Island's largest gold mine, exploiting one of the most regular and persistent gold reefs found anywhere in the world.
More than 600 people lived there in its heyday, when the town had its own pub, shops, community facilities and sports clubs...
Waiuta: miner's cottage (1)
Today Waiuta is a remote West Coast ghost town, at the end of a winding road up the Blackwater River, south of Reefton.
But from 1906-1951 it was the company town for the South Island's largest gold mine, exploiting one of the most regular and persistent gold reefs found anywhere in the world.
More than 600 people lived there in its heyday, when the town had its own pub, shops, community facilities and sports clubs...