Talisman Mine

Date: ca 1915

By: Bunyard, A; Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-

Reference: PAColl-3124

Description: Negatives include views the Talisman Mine; Karangahake Gorge; NZ Co-op Dairy Co factories at Ngatea and Waitoa; and the Grand Junction Mine, Waihi. One photo only Waihi-Paeroa water main. Arrangement: Negatives accessioned at 1/4-023515-F to 1/4-023533-F. Some withdrawn from sequence to recatalogue as 1/2 plate Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). 9 b&w copy photographic print(s) (of 7 images) from above negatives. 1 b&w copy photographic print(s) (with no negative). Physical Description: ¼ plate nitrate negatives

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0013343

Description: A fat businessman with a cigar in his mouth stands beside Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee at the 'Unlucky Talisman Mine' on the Coromandel Peninsula. Gerry Brownlee says that he has 'found a great place to dump toxic tailings.... on our tourist industry'. Refers to the news that Heritage Gold has been granted a 25-year permit to mine for gold and silver in the area of the historic Talisman mine, near Paeroa. The company has said that the permit was the first in 18 years for gold mining in the North Island outside of Waihi, and talks were already under way with Chinese groups about a joint venture project. Published in Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0013394

Description: The cartoon shows The Talisman Mine in the Coromandel leaching into the hollow and gaping trunk of a huge felled tree. On the edge of the tree stand Minister for the Environment Gerry Brownlee with a cigar-puffing developer. Gerry Brownlee says they have found a great place to dump our tailings... the tourist industry'. Refers to Gerry Brownlee's Resource Management Act that allows mining to take place in some of New Zealand's heritage areas that critics believe will not only damage the environment but tarnish New Zealand's reputation as a 'clean and green' tourist destination. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).