The Taieri River Tunnel

The Taieri River diverted through the tunnel. The Taieri River starts in the Lammerlaw Range, flows north through the Maniototo Plain, before taking a sharp turn south down the Strath Taieri and Taieri Plain into the Pacific Ocean. The 1860s brought a gold rush to Otago, and while sites along the Taieri River didn&rsquo;t pay as much as those along the Manuherikia or Clutha rivers, gold was still…