3 Sep 2020

Aotearoa's biggest ever gold nugget!

From Lately, 10:40 pm on 3 September 2020

It's time for the rest is history, and this week we're searching for gold! 

On the 7th of September 1909 ‘Messrs Scott and Sharpe’ found the heaviest gold nugget on record in New Zealand at Ross on the West Coast. Karyn calls Rick Fennell from the Ross Goldfields Information & Heritage Centre to talk about where the nugget was found, and what happened to it! 

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Photo: NZ History