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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Waihi canonical 10

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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 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 ⓘ
linked to: Waikato Region
locatedOnIsland North Island ⓘ
mainHighway State Highway 2 ⓘ
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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