Is it legal to collect at SS Wairarapa wreck, Miners Head, Great Barrier Island?

Prohibited, look only. Protected under the archaeological provisions of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 (pre-1900 sites); modifying or removing material needs an authority from Heritage New Zealand. It is also scheduled in the Auckland Unitary Plan.

What can you find at SS Wairarapa wreck, Miners Head, Great Barrier Island?

wreck remains below the cliffs; look only

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SS Wairarapa wreck, Miners Head, Great Barrier Island

Wreck beach Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Wreck timber

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

1894 Union Steam Ship Co. liner

Steamer ran onto the cliffs at Miners Head in fog on 29 October 1894 with about 130 lost; a named Great Barrier dive site and scheduled in the Auckland Unitary Plan.View source →