New Zealand - Ruatoria, Gisborne Region
- 22 May 1958
- 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:Ruatoria, Gisborne Region. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-46509. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32055168
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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