West Coast Gold Rush West Coast Gold Rush The West Coast Gold Rush on the West Coast of New Zealand from 1864 to 1867 populated the area, which up till then had been visited by few Europeans. Gold was found near the Taramakau River in 1864 by two Māori, Ihaia Tainui and Haimona Taukau. In 1865–66 gold was discovered at Okarito, Bruce Bay (the scene of the Hunt's Duffer gold rush), around Charleston and along the Grey River. Miners were attracted from the Central Otago Gold Rush, and from Victoria, Australia where the Victorian gold rush had nearly finished and by the end of
Gold Rush (web series) Gold Rush (web series) Gold Rush is an American reality competition web series created by Mark Burnett, designed and programmed by VPI.Net and hosted by Mark Steines, that was released on AOL in 2006. The format was of an internet scavenger hunt that is offering chances to win $US50,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000. In a November 2006 interview, Burnett discussed creating a second round of "Gold Rush", but it did not come to fruition. "Gold Rush" consisted of 13 rounds of game play. In order to qualify for a chance to win, participants had to correctly complete a series of tasks