Where: New Zealand · Oceania · approx. -40.71, 172.62 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: NZ's first major gold rush in 1857 drew about 2,000 diggers to the Aorere valley in Golden Bay, water races, dams, caves and workings survive in the bush above Rockville
What turns up: eyes-only: water races, stone dams, cave workings, rusted tools in situ
Access: Restricted.
Pre-1900 goldfield archaeology on conservation land, protected under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, no digging or detecting on the workings, this is not a gazetted fossicking area, eyes-only
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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.
Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.