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Heart of coal video

How you can meet the locals:

Denniston

Coal mining

Denniston on the West Coast is steeped in coal mining history. Here you can glimpse how it was to live here. Watch this video and discover what locals called the ‘eighth wonder of the world’.

View the Heart of coal video
(4 minute clip on TVNZ video player)

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