Golden generations help keep panning alive
admin2022-05-10T17:10:59+12:00Central News - 21 April 2022 If you want to learn how to pan for gold, there are probably no better teachers than a family which has three generations of New Zealand champions and a former world champion. The Ide family of Frankton and Bannockburn were helping out at the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust (OGHT) Family Fun Day on Sunday, teaching other families how to pan for gold. Stu Ide (72) said he had been gold panning all his life, ‘‘since I was a wee boy’’. ‘‘My parents would bring us here for holidays and we’d camp in the caravan and [...]