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Before the 1860's, Hokitika was a quiet Maori village on the West coast of the Southern island of New Zealand. When gold was discovered there in 1864, thousands left the gold-fields of Australia and rushed to Hokitika to seek their fortune. Within a…

Page 1  A.M. D. G. Diary of voyage  from Plymouth to Hokitika From August 1st to Oct. 15th 1878 Left Plymouth accompanied by Father Molony, who by a special privilege obtained permission to accompany us in the tender to the “Garonne” on…