New Zealand has seen some of the greatest gold-rushes in the world. The locations still evoke images of the excitement, danger and economic growth that occurred during the rushes - Gabriel's Gully, Arrowtown, Thames, Hokitika, Waihi… and Karori...
Historian, Grant Morris of Victoria University has been digging into Wellington's past and the brief and unsuccessful Karori gold-rush.
Zealandia, where gold was discovered in 1869 Photo: supplied
