Suzy Dean and Joe Lines return to the former West Coast goldmining settlement of Waiuta with Alwyn Owen.
At her home in Crushington, near Reefton, Suzy shows Alwyn her collection of gold and other souvenirs from Waiuta's gold mines - the Blackwater and the Prohibition, which were two of New Zealand's most successful goldmines until they closed in 1951.
She recalls her family history. Her grandmother narrowly escaped being shot by the Sullivan and Burgess gang.
She went to Waiuta in 1922, and lived there until the town emptied in 1951. She describes the layout of the settlement. Only one man lives there now, Ozzie McTaggart. The rest of the town has reverted to scrub. Joe says the largest building remaining is the former Post Office. They both recall the rich mines, and why they enjoyed living there so much.
Joe and Suzy talk about working conditions in the mines, and remember the 40-room hotel Waiuta once had.
They call on Ozzie McTaggart, who left in 1951 but ended up coming back to live at Waiuta. He says he couldn't find a job he liked elsewhere, so he came back and now searches for alluvial gold. There is no power, and it is a bit lonely, but he likes living there.
They visit the site of Suzy's former home. She tells a couple of humorous stories about falling down the outdoor toilet, and a neighbour who got a bed-pan stuck on her head. Joe finds some specks of gold by the side of the road.
At Blackwater, they call on Betty, a former Waiuta resident. She reads them anonymous letters sent about her husband [Gordon Ward?] who was president of the local miner's union at the time of a strike in 1935. The strike lasted three months, until the men got better working conditions and a pay increase. The men wanted sprinklers to keep down dust which caused silicosis in many of the miners.