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DescriptionThis photo is of Zalas Pond during a dry spell in February 2013. This spot is only about 20km south of Hokitika and is rarely visited except by the occasional duck shooter. [Near the pond some helicopter logging was once going on but the helicopter crashed and some felled and prepped logs were never recovered and are still lying in the bush on the lower slopes above the pond]
Zalas Pond is of historic interest because it is named after one of New Zealand's most famed gold prospectors Antonio Zala. Zala is perhaps best known for finding a very rich and long lasting gold bearing quartz reef at Lyell and having Zala Town named after him. Antonio Zala did a lot of prospecting in Westland and on one of his trips came across this natural pond in the head of Woolhouse Creek. Zala claimed the water rights to it and had intentions of drawing water from it for sluicing operations on the lower Totara River.
[ Note that Zalas Creek in South Westland is named after Antonio's younger relation Lucio who was also a prospector and gold miner. Lucio was well known for being the publican at Okarito Forks before Heveldt and for his water powered sawmill in that district.]PhotographerGlenn JohnstonMap[1] ContributorGlenn Johnston
Zalas Pond is of historic interest because it is named after one of New Zealand's most famed gold prospectors Antonio Zala. Zala is perhaps best known for finding a very rich and long lasting gold bearing quartz reef at Lyell and having Zala Town named after him. Antonio Zala did a lot of prospecting in Westland and on one of his trips came across this natural pond in the head of Woolhouse Creek. Zala claimed the water rights to it and had intentions of drawing water from it for sluicing operations on the lower Totara River.
[ Note that Zalas Creek in South Westland is named after Antonio's younger relation Lucio who was also a prospector and gold miner. Lucio was well known for being the publican at Okarito Forks before Heveldt and for his water powered sawmill in that district.]PhotographerGlenn JohnstonMap[1] ContributorGlenn Johnston
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Glenn Johnston Yes it is these days. I used to go in there back in 1977 when the roads were being constructed for the Forest Service by the Robinson brothers. On returning to the West Coast in 2007 I still thought it was Crown Land and regularly went in beyond the locked gate by foot or on a mountain bike to roam the Doctors, Falls Creek & Ford Ridge country. One day I found a note on my mountain bike saying I was on private property but I never saw people on the road during my many post 2007 trips which were usually early starts and late returns. Some duck shooters get permission to use the road and I've seen sign of where they have been such as a plastic chair left at Teal Tarn.
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Glenn Johnston Zala discovered this pond in 1883 while prospecting. (to my knowledge there is no oral or written record of Maori having visited this place) Initially it was called Lake Zala but appears as Zalas Pond on modern maps.
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Philippa Deazley My mother was a Johnston from Ross any relation?
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Glenn Johnston Philippa Deazley Not that I'm aware of. My historic connections with the Coast are thru the Goodfellow family and their various relatives that include Oliver, Jackson & Thorpe families. No tie up with Zala either. I'm just interested in what some of the famed prospectors got up to, Zala being one of several that did a lot on the Coast.
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Dorothy Wills Thank you for the history lesson very interesting
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Rosemary Thomas Another of the coast's hidden gems! thank you Glenn
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Biddy Gray You will find Louis grave and headstone in the Whataroa Cemetery. On the left
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Glenn Johnston Thanks for that! I understand he drowned in the Waitangi River. He was taking a cart load of timber across it when it was in flood. I think both the Zalas were involved in pioneering the Mapourika gold rush about 1879 and want to find out more about their involvement.
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Jason Henderson Hi Glenn - thanks for all this info - you are right my g g g uncle Louie Zala drowned while trying to save his horses - they renamed the creek near his sawmill after him in 1916. Uncle Louis originated from Brusio Switzerland and bought his 3 nephews out to NZ around 1909. One of them was my great grandfather Peter Paganini. I have always wondered if Antonia Zala was a relative and get annoyed with seeing Zalas creek being referenced with Antonia - how do you know they were relations - our family have never heard this before - any info would be Greatly appreciated - kind regards Jason
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Glenn Johnston I'm sure it was written sources that said they were relations. Either history books, papers past or both. Both of them sought gold together in Sth Westland at one stage? Antonio was a pioneer of the Mapourika rush and spent time in the area that Louis settled.
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Glenn Johnston No, it is in the foothills between the Hokitika River and the Totara River at the head of Woolhouse Creek. It is close to the old forestry road on the way in in to Falls Creek.
Biddy Manera Antonio Zala is buried at the current Ross Cemetery
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Glenn Johnston Philippa Deazley Not that I'm aware of. My historic connections with the Coast are thru the Goodfellow family and their various relatives that include Oliver, Jackson & Thorpe families. No tie up with Zala either. I'm just interested in what some of the famed prospectors got up to, Zala being one of several that did a lot on the Coast.
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Dorothy Wills Thank you for the history lesson very interesting
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Rosemary Thomas Another of the coast's hidden gems! thank you Glenn
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Biddy Gray You will find Louis grave and headstone in the Whataroa Cemetery. On the left
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Glenn Johnston Thanks for that! I understand he drowned in the Waitangi River. He was taking a cart load of timber across it when it was in flood. I think both the Zalas were involved in pioneering the Mapourika gold rush about 1879 and want to find out more about their involvement.
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Jason Henderson Hi Glenn - thanks for all this info - you are right my g g g uncle Louie Zala drowned while trying to save his horses - they renamed the creek near his sawmill after him in 1916. Uncle Louis originated from Brusio Switzerland and bought his 3 nephews out to NZ around 1909. One of them was my great grandfather Peter Paganini. I have always wondered if Antonia Zala was a relative and get annoyed with seeing Zalas creek being referenced with Antonia - how do you know they were brothers - our family have never heard this before - any info would be Greatly appreciated - kind regards Jason
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Glenn Johnston I'm sure it was written sources that said they were brothers. Either history books, papers past or both. Both of them sought gold together in Sth Westland at one stage and they were pioneers of the Mapourika rush.
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Eileen Nisson Thanks Glenn, I read this article with interest. Jason we will suss out Zala's Pond when you visit this neck of the woods again. ❤️xx
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Ron Hibbs Glenn Johnston thanks for the info.The sawmill at Zalas Creek was still operating in the late 1950’s when my parents took over the lease of the Forks Hotel
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Jason Henderson Ron Hibbs my grandmother Marie Nisson nee Paganini and I spent a few days trying to find the mill in the 1980s off the beaten track but had no luck - we had been told we should be able to find it but the road changes were massive around Zalas creek etc and we couldn’t locate anything - I would have liked a piece of steel as a momento
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Ron Hibbs Jason Henderson the old road used to go right around lake Wahapo and then a one way bridge at Zalas creek. Just before the bridge a track went of to the left and the mill was up the track about 50 metres. I can remember a house there as well, with people called Gibson I think.
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Glenn Johnston Jason Henderson I am short on time at the moment but quickly found that Antonio Zala was from Brusio an Italian speaking part of Switzerland just like your forbear Louis. I didn't rediscover the reference to Antonio and Louis being brothers but I only spent seconds looking. Some wet day when I have a bit of time I might track down more info for you. BTW were the Pagani's / Paganini's ever Auckland based or did they send a daughter for schooling there just before 1920 to Remuera Ladies College?
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Jason Henderson Glenn Johnston no the 3 Paganini brothers landed in Wellington and traveled south to the West Coast. I have some pics to post - it remains a mystery to my family to think we had another line in NZ. The reason why we don’t think they were brothers is as follows. Antonio was in NZ since the 1860s and Lucio arrived in 1885 , Antonio was buried in Ross Cemetery in 7-3-1902 bit we couldn’t get any more info. Of course we could be wrong but he was never talked about.
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Jason Henderson Ron Hibbs yes you could drive down to where Zalas creek cut it off and big boulders were and we tried to walk up the left side but my grandmother was too scared to let me go walking on the bushes as thought I might drop down a big hole !
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Glenn Johnston If Lucio only arrived in 1885 he can not have been a pioneer on the Mapourika rush but it is documented that Antonio was and perhaps Lucio joined him there? It is almost too much of a coincidence that Lucio Zala turned up in a remote part of a remote province in a different hemisphere right where Antonio Zala was working as a prospector/miner. We have already established that they were from the same locality in Switzerland. It would be good to know what the kinship relationship was! (or if there was none).
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Jason Henderson Glenn Johnston i agree - my great uncle Louie Zala was only in his early to mid 50s when he drowned in 1916, so would have only been a very
young boy in the mid 1860s - Zala was a fairly common name in Brusio/Poschiavo Italian speaking region of Switzerland back then- there was no work in Brusio so a lot of the men left the area to immigrate out here - parts of Brusio look like the Coast as well. In saying that Peter Paganini would always stop on his horse and trap to visit a grave at Ross Cemetery nearly 100 years ago but wouldn’t say who he was visiting !!
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Heather Newby Glenn Johnston is that a "coastal lagoon" pool?
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Glenn Johnston No, it is in the foothills between the Hokitika River and the Totara River at the head of Woolhouse Creek. It is close to the old forestry road on the way in in to Falls Creek.
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Glenn Johnston Yes it is these days. I used to go in there back in 1977 when the roads were being constructed for the Forest Service by the Robinson brothers. On returning to the West Coast in 2007 I still thought it was Crown Land and regularly went in beyond the locked gate by foot or on a mountain bike to roam the Doctors, Falls Creek & Ford Ridge country. One day I found a note on my mountain bike saying I was on private property but I never saw people on the road during my many post 2007 trips which were usually early starts and late returns. Some duck shooters get permission to use the road and I've seen sign of where they have been such as a plastic chair left at Teal Tarn.
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Glenn Johnston Zala discovered this pond in 1883 while prospecting. (to my knowledge there is no oral or written record of Maori having visited this place) Initially it was called Lake Zala but appears as Zalas Pond on modern maps.
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Glenn Johnston Philippa Deazley Not that I'm aware of. My historic connections with the Coast are thru the Goodfellow family and their various relatives that include Oliver, Jackson & Thorpe families. No tie up with Zala either. I'm just interested in what some of the famed prospectors got up to, Zala being one of several that did a lot on the Coast.
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Dorothy Wills
Dorothy Wills Thank you for the history lesson very interesting
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Rosemary Thomas
Rosemary Thomas Another of the coast's hidden gems! thank you Glenn
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Biddy Gray
Biddy Gray You will find Louis grave and headstone in the Whataroa Cemetery. On the left
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Glenn Johnston
Glenn Johnston Thanks for that! I understand he drowned in the Waitangi River. He was taking a cart load of timber across it when it was in flood. I think both the Zalas were involved in pioneering the Mapourika gold rush about 1879 and want to find out more about their involvement.
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Jason Henderson Hi Glenn - thanks for all this info - you are right my g g g uncle Louie Zala drowned while trying to save his horses - they renamed the creek near his sawmill after him in 1916. Uncle Louis originated from Brusio Switzerland and bought his 3 nephews out to NZ around 1909. One of them was my great grandfather Peter Paganini. I have always wondered if Antonia Zala was a relative and get annoyed with seeing Zalas creek being referenced with Antonia - how do you know they were relations - our family have never heard this before - any info would be Greatly appreciated - kind regards Jason
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Glenn Johnston I'm sure it was written sources that said they were relations. Either history books, papers past or both. Both of them sought gold together in Sth Westland at one stage? Antonio was a pioneer of the Mapourika rush and spent time in the area that Louis settled.
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Heather Newby Glenn Johnston is that a "coastal lagoon" pool?
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Glenn Johnston
Glenn Johnston No, it is in the foothills between the Hokitika River and the Totara River at the head of Woolhouse Creek. It is close to the old forestry road on the way in in to Falls Creek.
Biddy Manera Antonio Zala is buried at the current Ross Cemetery
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Bruce Dando Private road to.
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Glenn Johnston Yes it is these days. I used to go in there back in 1977 when the roads were being constructed for the Forest Service by the Robinson brothers. On returning to the West Coast in 2007 I still thought it was Crown Land and regularly went in beyond the l…See More
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Glenn Johnston Zala discovered this pond in 1883 while prospecting. (to my knowledge there is no oral or written record of Maori having visited this place) Initially it was called Lake Zala but appears as Zalas Pond on modern maps.
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Philippa Deazley My mother was a Johnston from Ross any relation?
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Glenn Johnston Philippa Deazley Not that I'm aware of. My historic connections with the Coast are thru the Goodfellow family and their various relatives that include Oliver, Jackson & Thorpe families. No tie up with Zala either. I'm just interested in what some of the famed prospectors got up to, Zala being one of several that did a lot on the Coast.
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Dorothy Wills
Dorothy Wills Thank you for the history lesson very interesting
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Rosemary Thomas
Rosemary Thomas Another of the coast's hidden gems! thank you Glenn
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Biddy Gray
Biddy Gray You will find Louis grave and headstone in the Whataroa Cemetery. On the left
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Glenn Johnston
Glenn Johnston Thanks for that! I understand he drowned in the Waitangi River. He was taking a cart load of timber across it when it was in flood. I think both the Zalas were involved in pioneering the Mapourika gold rush about 1879 and want to find out more about their involvement.
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Jason Henderson Hi Glenn - thanks for all this info - you are right my g g g uncle Louie Zala drowned while trying to save his horses - they renamed the creek near his sawmill after him in 1916. Uncle Louis originated from Brusio Switzerland and bought his 3 nephews out to NZ around 1909. One of them was my great grandfather Peter Paganini. I have always wondered if Antonia Zala was a relative and get annoyed with seeing Zalas creek being referenced with Antonia - how do you know they were brothers - our family have never heard this before - any info would be Greatly appreciated - kind regards Jason
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Glenn Johnston I'm sure it was written sources that said they were brothers. Either history books, papers past or both. Both of them sought gold together in Sth Westland at one stage and they were pioneers of the Mapourika rush.
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Eileen Nisson
Eileen Nisson Thanks Glenn, I read this article with interest. Jason we will suss out Zala's Pond when you visit this neck of the woods again. ❤️xx
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Ron Hibbs Glenn Johnston thanks for the info.The sawmill at Zalas Creek was still operating in the late 1950’s when my parents took over the lease of the Forks Hotel
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Jason Henderson Ron Hibbs my grandmother Marie Nisson nee Paganini and I spent a few days trying to find the mill in the 1980s off the beaten track but had no luck - we had been told we should be able to find it but the road changes were massive around Zalas creek etc and we couldn’t locate anything - I would have liked a piece of steel as a momento
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Ron Hibbs Jason Henderson the old road used to go right around lake Wahapo and then a one way bridge at Zalas creek. Just before the bridge a track went of to the left and the mill was up the track about 50 metres. I can remember a house there as well, with people called Gibson I think.
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Glenn Johnston Jason Henderson I am short on time at the moment but quickly found that Antonio Zala was from Brusio an Italian speaking part of Switzerland just like your forbear Louis. I didn't rediscover the reference to Antonio and Louis being brothers but I only spent seconds looking. Some wet day when I have a bit of time I might track down more info for you. BTW were the Pagani's / Paganini's ever Auckland based or did they send a daughter for schooling there just before 1920 to Remuera Ladies College?
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Jason Henderson Glenn Johnston no the 3 Paganini brothers landed in Wellington and traveled south to the West Coast. I have some pics to post - it remains a mystery to my family to think we had another line in NZ. The reason why we don’t think they were brothers is as follows. Antonio was in NZ since the 1860s and Lucio arrived in 1885 , Antonio was buried in Ross Cemetery in 7-3-1902 bit we couldn’t get any more info. Of course we could be wrong but he was never talked about.
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Jason Henderson Ron Hibbs yes you could drive down to where Zalas creek cut it off and big boulders were and we tried to walk up the left side but my grandmother was too scared to let me go walking on the bushes as thought I might drop down a big hole !
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Glenn Johnston
Glenn Johnston If Lucio only arrived in 1885 he can not have been a pioneer on the Mapourika rush but it is documented that Antonio was and perhaps Lucio joined him there? It is almost too much of a coincidence that Lucio Zala turned up in a remote part of a remote province in a different hemisphere right where Antonio Zala was working as a prospector/miner. We have already established that they were from the same locality in Switzerland. It would be good to know what the kinship relationship was! (or if there was none).
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Jason Henderson Glenn Johnston i agree - my great uncle Louie Zala was only in his early to mid 50s when he drowned in 1916, so would have only been a very
young boy in the mid 1860s - Zala was a fairly common name in Brusio/Poschiavo Italian speaking region of Switzerland back then- there was no work in Brusio so a lot of the men left the area to immigrate out here - parts of Brusio look like the Coast as well. In saying that Peter Paganini would always stop on his horse and trap to visit a grave at Ross Cemetery nearly 100 years ago but wouldn’t say who he was visiting !!
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Glenn Johnston No, it is in the foothills between the Hokitika River and the Totara River at the head of Woolhouse Creek. It is close to the old forestry road on the way in in to Falls Creek.
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West Coast New Zealand History (10th Apr 2020). Zala's pond. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 18th May 2026 06:47, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/22203