Major earthworks are underway at the country's largest gold mine following a land slip that closed it on Saturday.
Heavy rain caused a huge slip at Macraes open pit operation, about 100km north of Dunedin.
The company that operates the mine, OceanaGold, expects work at the underground mine to resume this week, once the access road is cleared.
Investor relations manager, Sam Pazuki, says it'll take longer for the open pit mine to re-open.
we have a tech team woring to complete a new mine plan for the open pit our estimate is over the next few weeks to have it completed.
