Hunting Ghosts: 70 years since Waiuta abandoned
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Waiuta Joins Tohu Whenua
Whispers of Gold has the first official film fest selection
Semi-finalists in the Essex DocFest in the UK: read more…
Chance to see documentary golden opportunity for Noelene (The Timaru Herald via Stuff – Sep 2, 2020)
Noelene Dale is looking forward to the Timaru screening of a documentary based on the small gold mining town she grew up in.
Whispers of Gold A Tale of Boom and Bust and a West Coast Town That Refused to Die begins screening in Timaru from Thursday and is set in the West Coast town of Waiuta – an area with many childhood memories for 91-year-old Dale. Read more…
WHISPERS OF GOLD – Documentary Film About A Mining Ghost Town (Press Release) – Thursday, 27 August 2020, 5:16 am
On the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island, lie the ghosts of Waiuta, one of New Zealand’s richest gold towns – long abandoned since the Blackwater mine closed in 1951
“Whispers of Gold” tells Waiuta’s story from its beginnings to current day. Archive film and photographs give a rare glimpse of 1900’s mining town life – the colorful characters, stories and the gold that kept its heart beating but left a toxic legacy. read more…