rockhounding
New Zealand
21 researched sites6 legal to collect
Ahipara: Te Kohanga gumfields, kauri gum groundAmber shore · Gray area
›Anita Bay, Milford Sound, New ZealandGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Arahura River, Westland, New ZealandGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Birdlings Flat: Kaitorete agate beachAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Cascade / Gorge River, South Westland, New ZealandGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Coromandel Peninsula, New ZealandGem locality · Gray area
›Cromwell / Clutha, Otago, New ZealandMineral locality · Permission required
›Curio Bay, Southland, New ZealandPetrified wood site · Prohibited, look only
›Curio Bay: Jurassic petrified forest platformFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Goldsborough: DOC public gold fossicking areaGold ground · Legal to collect
›Gore / Mataura River, Southland, New ZealandGem locality · Gray area
›Hahei: Gemstone Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Hei reserveAgate beach or gravel · Prohibited, look only
›Kawarau & Arrow, NZ: gold panningGold ground · Restricted
›Lyell: Buller Gorge creek fossicking and ghost townGold ground · Legal to collect
›Moeraki: Koekohe Beach boulders, eyes-onlyMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Orepuki: Gemstone Beach, Te Waewae BayGem locality · Legal to collect
›Ross: Jones Creek public gold fossicking areaGold ground · Legal to collect
›Shotover River, Otago, New ZealandMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Taramakau River, Westland, New ZealandGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›West Coast NZ: pounamu (greenstone)Mineral locality · Restricted
›Whangamata, New ZealandGem locality · Gray area
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