2023 Notice of Annual General Meeting

Our 2023 AGM is coming up 9th September in Millers Flat The Annual General Meeting of the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust Inc will be held on Saturday 9th September 2023 at the Millers Flat hall. 4 pm. 2022 AGM Minutes 2023 AGM Agenda 2023 AGM committee nomination forms 2023 Presidents report (linked here soon) Hi…

2021 Queenstown AGM and Field Trip

Saturday 16th October 2021 Meet 8.45am at the bottom of Coronet Peak road. Free parking here. Bus leaves 9am – seats must be pre-booked. You can self drive your own 4WD with good clearance – When Terry went in there back in August the road was very muddy and rutted. In the Skippers we will…

Come in Time Battery signage completed!

It’s only taken 6 years (don’t ask), but finally the Come in Time Battery located at the Bendigo end of Thomson Gorge road has its interpretation panels in place. Posts and panels were errected by DOC staff in conjuntion with Mike Floate and Bruce McMillan from our trust who’ve had much input into these signs…

2012 AGM and Field weekend

Click here for the minutes. Here for the presidents report. The OGHT had its AGM in their Cromwell office (the historic old Methodist Church) on Saturday the 23rd with 40 members in attendance. The meeting proceeded in orderly fashion with an overwhelmingly positive ‘vibe’ from the attendee’s. We have been busy in the last 12…

OGHT AGM 10am, Cromwell, 23rd June. 2012

Saturday 23rd June Itinerary below.  Agenda click here.   Registration form Click here.   Presidents report click here.   Accounts click here.   Minutes from 2011 AGM.   Nomination forms. 10am Morning Tea at The Old Church – Tea, coffee and scones 10.30am AGM Start 12pm Lunch (Soup and savouries thanks to the Cromwell Girl…

Heritage restoration even kids can help with

A fun family outing cleaning the dirt and stones off the old Fulton Hogan Dredge elevator arm at ‘Lions’ picnic area Lake Dunstan. The Arm will soon be moved back to it’s original place of work at Bendigo thanks to funding from the Central Lakes Trust and Fulton Hogan. Before it can be transported along…

New Moa Creek Cemetery signage unveiled.

A good turn out on a classically beautiful Central Otago day for the unveiling of new interpretation boards for the Moa Creek Cemetery. Dr Jim Ng was the honored guest to complete the ceremony.  Martin Anderson represented the OGHT who helped build the structure and printed the panels. Jeff Sawers is the third fellow in…

Lawrence Field Weekend Report

A great weekend was had by a hardy few who embraced winter in Lawrence for our AGM and Field Weekend. Comments were made about why such a programme was proposed for such an inhospitable time of year and though such excuses as ‘necessity’ and ‘waiting for the auditors to get finished with the accounts…’ were…

2011 AGM in Lawrence

Click below to download a pdf of the following information. AGM Agenda 2011 AGM minutes. Balance Sheet Notes to Balance sheet OGHT profit and loss Cavalcade profit an loss Minutes from 2010 AGM Presidents Report 2011

OGHT and DOC collaborate on old stone wall

Restoration work was carried out on the stone retaining wall at the  Come in Time Battery (Thompson’s Gorge) late last week. This was another collaboration between DOC and the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust. More of a story to come but here’s some photos in the meantime.