Waihi

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Waihi is a small New Zealand town known for its historic and still-active gold mining industry and its location near the Coromandel Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
town
approximatePopulation several thousand inhabitants
climate temperate oceanic climate
country New Zealand
distanceTo about 150 km southeast of Auckland
about 50 km north of Tauranga
about 60 km southeast of Thames
economicActivity farming
mining
tourism
establishedAsMiningTown late 19th century
hasAttraction Martha Mine pit rim walk
Victoria Battery ruins (nearby)
Waihi Gold Discovery Centre
hasEvent annual Waihi Gold Rush festival
hasHeritageRailway Goldfields Railway
hasMine Martha Mine
hasOpenPitMine Martha Mine
hasPrimarySchool St Joseph’s Catholic School Waihi
Waihi Central School
hasRailwayHistory Waihi Branch railway line
hasRiver Ohinemuri River
hasSchool Waihi College
hasUndergroundMine Favona underground mine
surface form: Correnso underground mine

Favona underground mine
hasWalkingTrack Pit Rim Walkway
Rail trail through Karangahake Gorge
historicalEvent Waihi miners strike of 1912
historicalRegion Bay of Plenty
knownFor active gold mining
gold mining
historic gold mining
localGovernmentArea Hauraki District Council
locatedIn Waikato Region
surface form: Waikato region
locatedOnIsland North Island
mainHighway State Highway 2 NERFINISHED
miningCompany OceanaGold
near Coromandel Peninsula
Karangahake Gorge
Waihi Beach
postalCodePrefix 3610
primaryResourceExtracted gold
region Hauraki District
secondaryResourceExtracted silver
timezone New Zealand Standard Time
timezoneDST New Zealand Daylight Time

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