Waihi is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of 4,524. Image File history File links Location map of Waihi, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...

The town is at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, close to the western end of the Bay of Plenty. The nearby resort town of Waihi Beach, ten kilometres to the east, is often regarded as the westernmost point of the Bay of Plenty region. To the west are the hills of the Kaimai Ranges. Road access from this direction is through the winding Karangahake Gorge road. Waihi's climate is unusually wet and damp. Location of Coromandel Peninsula A true-colour image showing Auckland city (left), the Hauraki Gulf (centre) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right). ... The Bay of Plenty, often abbreviated to BoP, is a region of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name. ... Waihi Beach is a coastal town at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealands North Island. ... The Kaimai Range is a mountain range located in the North Island of New Zealand. ... The Karangahake Gorge lies between the Coromandel and Kaimai Ranges at the southern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealands North Island. ...

A large gold mine, the Martha Mine, is the major employer in the area. Until the electrical appliance industry was deregulated in New Zealand in the 1980s, Waihi had a television assembly plant operated by Philips. Deregulation is the process by which governments remove restrictions on business in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets. ... MacGyver is one of the symbols of 1980s The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. ...

Waihi was a major centre of union unrest in New Zealand during the early years of the 20th century. The 1912 miners' strike led to violence in an incident which still causes some resentment in the town. The Waihi miners strike was a major strike action in 1912 by gold miners in the New Zealand town of Waihi. ...

In the 1970's Waihi saw a large influx of hippies and alternative lifestylers settle there, and around the Waikino area, bringing with them numerous cottage industries. The main road business frontage of Waikino, which traversed the beautiful Ohinemuri river as it dived into the Karangahake Gorge, [1] had it's old shops and local Lodge Hall transformed into flourishing craft and health food outlets servicing the Coromandel and local hand-craft industries. Thousands of tourists, drawn by the quirky hippie atmosphere, stopped there every week to sample healthy home made foods at the tea rooms and purchase local crafts. Sadly all this came to an abrupt end in the great Ohinemuri river floods of 1981, which literally picked the Waikino business district up and washed it downstream threw the Karangahake Gorge, including the local post office.[2] A new Post Office was later built on higher ground to which the Nambassa Trust made a donation. Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ... A cottage industry is an industry – primarily manufacturing – which includes many producers, working from their homes, typically part time. ... Coromandel can refer to several places: For the town and peninsula in New Zealand, see Coromandel, New Zealand and Coromandel Peninsula For the southeastern Indian coastline, see Coromandel Coast For the city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, see Coromandel (Minas Gerais) Coromandel, Mauritius is a community in Mauritius This is a... Nambassa is the name of a trust, and a series of large Music, Counterculture and Alternative lifestyle hippie festivals, from 1976 to 1981, in New Zealand- Aotearoa. ...

The huge Nambassa rock and alternative festivals (1975-1982) were held around Waihi and Waikino, each year drawing into the area tens of thousands of young music and lifestyle lovers from around New Zealand and overseas. Tent cities were established on the Northern end of Waihi on farms up Landlyst Rd at Golden Valley, to accommodate festival goers. The population of Waihi would increase by around 5-75,000 for a short period when Nambassa was on. The Nambassa rock festivals brought much needed revenue to the town. These gentle people were welcomed to Waihi by the then Mayor Owen Morgan, as many locals got involved with the events. Nambassa is the name of a trust, and a series of large Music, Counterculture and Alternative lifestyle hippie festivals, from 1976 to 1981, in New Zealand- Aotearoa. ... Nambassa is the name of a trust, and a series of large Music, Counterculture and Alternative lifestyle hippie festivals, from 1976 to 1981, in New Zealand- Aotearoa. ... Nambassa is the name of a trust, and a series of large Music, Counterculture and Alternative lifestyle hippie festivals, from 1976 to 1981, in New Zealand- Aotearoa. ... U2 at Live Aid A rock festival, or rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. ...

In recent times, the town has suffered from the effects of the mining in other ways. In the late 1990s several properties had to be condemned and roading permantely closed after the land under them subsided as a result of the collapse of disused mineshafts, with visible holes and cracks on the surface. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ...

At the end of this year the large open caste mine at Marthas hill will be closed and mining will be expanded underground.