New Zealand - Gisborne - by Burton Brothers studio Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) - One of New Zealand's big four banks and has been operating in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861 - The bank operates a variety of financial services covering retail, business and institutional banking and employs over 5,000 people in New Zealand. - In 1992 the bank was purchased by the National Australia Bank and has since then operated as a subsidiary, but it retains local governance with a New Zealand board of directors. 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. For centuries the region has been inhabited by the tribes of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti. People from Gisborne - Murray Ball (born 1939), cartoonist - Witi Ihimaera (born 1944), author - Bailey Mackey (born 1977), former head of sport for Maori Television - Margaret Moth (1951–2010), CNN photojournalist - Henare te Ua (1933–2007), broadcaster - Neil Waka, former TVNZ journalist - Joy Watson (born 1938), award-winning author Reference - Wikipedia 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2tSoTca1YA Image source: Gisborne, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.013366) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/22855