New Zealand Student Tours


Gold Rush Settlements

Arrowtown Shantytown Queenstown

In the 1860s Gold was discovered and towns were built within at a variety of geographical locations. Some are dilapidated and dying while others are regenerating, growing and prosperous. Walkers and explorers explore the ghost towns while others seek their fun among the locals and shops. Studies To learn the how new towns were chosen, the difficulties that settlers would have had and the ways these difficulties were managed. KANES take interested groups to a variety of old settlements and see how the different locations have affected their long-term viability.  A visit to the Shantytown, is best to help us understand life in those important days.   See also settlements in the:- Hokitika Kawarau Gorge

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