I came across a very interesting group during this Labour Day weekend, The Coromandel Heritage Environmental Foundation is currently in its last process of listing itself as a legal trust.
The trust will look for rural Coromandel bush land with historical gold mining traces and will form an
heritage area for demonstrating gold mining features and monuments.
Potential properties will be listed at the trusts web sites and once approved by the trust members will be purchased and reserved in their natural state while emphasizing mining monuments such as mine shaft, mining machinery and dams.
The trust will try to reduce introduced pests such as possums while trying to restore the bush back into the state pioneers and gold miners has found it in the mid to late 19th century.
The Coromandel’s bush Fiona and flora together with its historical gold mining remaining will become a significant tourism resource in the next coming years.
being involved with the tourism industry in the last year I am aware of the growing potential of local tourism and believe the region’s proximity to Auckland together with its unique untouched landscape will play a major role as a popular New Zealand North Island destination.
This could promote travel and tourism related green industries within this beautiful region as well.
