The Taieri River Tunnel

The Taieri River diverted through the tunnel. The Taieri River starts in the Lammerlaw Range, flows north through the Maniototo Plain, before taking a sharp turn south down the Strath Taieri and Taieri Plain into the Pacific Ocean. The 1860s brought a gold rush to Otago, and while sites along the Taieri River didn’t pay as much as those along the Manuherikia or Clutha rivers, gold was still found. Panning, sluicing, and eventually dredging was done in the upper Taieri near mode...