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"Bristling with the latest in atomic-age equipment, the Royal New Zealand Navy's most up-to-date ship" was the description given the cruiser Royalist when she anchored in the bay for a three-day visit to Gisborne in February, 1957......and today she is just out-of-date scrap metal.

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St.Paul's Anglican Church, for ten years part of the scene on the corner of Wainui Road and London Street, pictured moving from its original home in Oman Road (off Endcliffe Road).

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The Gisborne Yacht Club's handsome new pavilion at Kaiti Beach was officially opened ten years ago.

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Bussing to school became a thing of the past for primary students at Wainui Beach in 1962 when the new Wainui School was opened in time for the new year.

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Mouth to mouth rescusitation, the then (in 1962) revolutionary method of artificial respiration, was demonstrated to the public for the first time at the surf life-saving carnival...the Northern Regional event which was held at Midway Beach.