Nevis Valley Gold Workings

The first use of the Nevis Valley was as a trail route for the Maori. When the gold rush arrived in the 1860s, two small settlements appeared in the lower Nevis. Now only the family at Ben Nevis Station occupies the valley. Due to the remoteness of the valley, miners’ workings have been left largely untouched and now provide an excellent representation of an original goldfield. These remains include everything from the cemetery and settlement buildings to a woolshed and the first ski hut.

NEVIS VALLEY PRIVATE FULL DAY TOUR

Image Credit: The Nevis Bluff, Kawarau River, between Cromwell and Arrowtown, New Zealand, 1905, Kawarau River, by Muir & Moodie studio. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa