New Zealand - Rimu - Three miles south of Hokitika is the Rimu Gold Dredge, established through the enterprise of an American company. This dredge is one of the many which have operated in Westland rivers and alluvial flats since the advent of electric power. #603011 - There is gold in them there hills! Hokitika was founded on goldmining in 1864 with the largest gold nugget ever found in New Zealand unearthed in Ross (south of Hokitika) in 1909. It was as big as a man’s fist and weighed 2.8kgs. (https://hokitika.org/local-tips/107/Gold) Whites Pictorial Reference of New Zealand: Representative Airviews of New Zealand Cities and Boroughs - Whites Pictorial Reference has been produced to tell a new story - a modern story. Aerial photography has been utilised to show where New Zealanders live and the countryside from which comes their wealth. Most important, it also illustrates most vividly the Dominion's growing cities and towns, but perhaps more to the point it shows that there is still plenty of room for further development... Author: White Leo (compiled) Click the link provided at the top to purchase the book through the MAD on New Zealand Shop - Supporting New Zealand Authors and Artists