New Zealand - View of the rural town of Ruatoria with the Waiomatatini Road in the foreground and the Ruatoria Hotel, Gisborne Region - May 1947 - Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation Gisborne - Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District. - The settlement was originally known as Turanga and renamed Gisborne in 1870 in honour of New Zealand Colonial Secretary William Gisborne. - The Gisborne region has been settled for over 700 years. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisborne,_New_Zealand) Image source:View of the rural town of Ruatoria with the Waiomatatini Road in the foreground and the Ruatoria Hotel, Gisborne Region. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-07339-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/30654496 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30654496 Video: New Zealand National Film Unit presents These New Zealanders No. 1 - Gisborne (1963) New Zealand television and radio personality Selwyn Toogood visits Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island. He talks to some of the townspeople about life in this centre of farming and market gardening. Photography KELLAR FOWLER Sound VAL FEDEROFF Assistant Director JOHN COOPER Mr Toogoods wardrobe by CAMBRIDGE Writer and Director DAVID H. FOWLER Producers GEOFFREY SCOTT, OXLEY HUGHAN #ruatoria