The Martha Mine Education Centre is a purpose-built classroom available for use by educational and special interest groups.

The Education Officer provides a curriculum-linked programme for a range of ages and abilities. Students can participate in a circuit of activities relating to past and present mining, minerals, environmental practices, resource use, land rehabilitation, geology and other aspects of the minerals industry.

Teachers can discuss individual requirements with the Education Officer with a view to planning activities that will complement and enhance classroom programmes and help to gain the maximum benefit from a visit to the Martha Mine.

Students and teachers are provided with complimentary educational materials relevant to the age group and subject areas being studied.

Guided tours of the Martha Mine are conducted for school groups as well as general public tours. It is essential to book for these to avoid disappointment.

The viewing platform at the western side of the open pit is available to the public at all times. This can be found adjacent to the intersection of Moresby Avenue and Savage Road, right next to the Martha Mine Education Centre. To view a street map to find this location, click here.


ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES available at the Education Centre include:

• The Martha Mine Infopak
• Various short DVDs
• Tours
• Interactive activities
• Displays

Martha Mine staff are available to help you gain the maximum benefit from your visit.


left: The Golden Legacy Centre and Education Centre in 2004

INFOPAK
An information kit comprising of a range of printed material is provided free to school teachers. This kit contains useful text, diagrams and photographs on a wide variety of gold and silver related subjects. Student packs are also available.

DVDs
Martha’s Gold details activities on site. It is available free to teachers and designed for use in schools. Early Gold outlines the history of mining in Waihi. Exploring for Gold explains how we search for and find new gold deposits, Favona backgrounds our underground mine and I Like the Way You Move follows the recent move of Waihi's historic Cornish Pumphouse. These DVDs are all available to schools.

MARTHA MINE EDUCATION CENTRE ACTIVITY CIRCUIT
Click here for the latest programme schedule.

WWW.MARTHAMINE.CO.NZ
An extensive website which details activities at Martha Mine. Includes education pages produced specifically for school use.

NZMIA
You may find the New Zealand Minerals Industry Association website a very useful resource. This site is packed with loads of information about most mineral industry activities in New Zealand. The site features a range of downloadable teaching modules. You can find the site at www.minerals.co.nz

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