Glaciers and Gold in Otago - Roadside Stories

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Lake Wakatipu. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide in the image carousel above.

The ice-age glaciers that gouged the land to form Lake Wakatipu also released precious stones from the earth. For Māori the lake was a source of prized greenstone, and in the 1860s Europeans flocked to the area in search of gold.

Wakatipu basin,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/otago-places/17

Lakes,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/lakes

Pounamu -- jade or greenstone, http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/pounamu-jade-or-greenstone

Gold and gold mining,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/gold-and-gold-mining

The Earnslaw, Lake Wakatipu, http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/shipping/3/3

Glaciers and glaciation: retreating ice and the glacier legacy,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/glaciers-and-glaciation/4

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Roadside Stories are a series of audio guides to places of interest on major road trips in New Zealand. Each guide tells the story of an attraction along the way -- its people, its history, its cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/