I've noticed the Waihi Gold exploration permit near Onemana/Whangamata. A bigger company might be able to do something with the area over time, Heritage Gold had some good intercepts here.

Newmont to persist with White Bluffs quest

Ross Louthean — 22 July 2013
Newmont Waihi Gold says it plans to continue gold exploration on the epithermal gold-silver prospect it calls White Bluffs near the head of the Whangamata Harbour, north of Waihi.
The prospect was originally a discovery by Heritage Gold (now New Talisman Gold Mines) and then known as Onemana, after the small village near the harbour.
Heritage eventually dropped the prospect and one factor was a legal challenge from a group that held pine forest plantations in the area. Drilling several years ago by Heritage produced some significant gold-silver assays.
Newmont Waihi Gold, a subsidiary of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation - one of the world’s largest gold miners – was granted an exploration permit over White Bluffs in 2008, and has applied to extend the lease for another five years.
Meanwhile, the Waikato Times has reported that Newmont Waihi Gold’s approval to mine the correnso discovery near the Martha open cut has been challenged by anti-miners – no surprise for the company.
The newspaper said court-assisted mediation begins today and will end on Friday. Depending on the outcome, there may be a court hearing later this year.
Sources: stuff.co.nz/Waikato-times and nzresources.com data base