Early Gold Mining in the Otago, region, New Zealand

00:00:02,920Well, today we're focusing on New Zealand in the eighteen sixties, and in particular, how the discovery of gold transformed the country. At that time, gold had created great wealth in North America and Australia, and naturally, New Zealand was hoping for the same success. 00:00:19,940People knew there was gold in New Zealand. Some had been found in eighteen fifty-two, leading to a brief gold rush in which people had come from all parts of the world to see if they could dig up any for...