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Then And Now
In the past 65 years, Gisborne has progressed from a comparatively small coastal town to a thriving city with a population of 26,000.
The picture at right, reproduced by the courtesy of the City Council, was presented to the then Gisborne Borough Council in 1902 by the late Mr W. F. Crawford, on the occasion of the Coronation of his Majesty, King Edward VII.
Prominent in the foreground are the port (in the Turanganui River at Reads Quay), the Turanganui Hotel, and the present Dalgety and N. Z. Loan building.
Whataupoko is very sparsely settled, the hills are devoid of trees, and the areas on either side of Waikanae Creek are practically deserted except for the railway station.
This view from Kaiti Hill was taken in the 1920's, and was supplied by Mr Keith Rosie. Waterfront warehouses, the Post Office, Courthouse, and Government Buildings have all sprung up in Reads Quay, four bridges still in use today span the rivers, and the port development is well under way. At extreme left a dredge is excavating the last of the Turanganui River cut through to Waikanae Beach, the diversion wall is half completed, and dredging has started on the inner channel.
Gisborne today, as viewed from a similar location on Kaiti Hill. Perhaps the most notable change to the landscape are at both outside edges of the picture, where large areas of water (the inner and outer harbour basins) now replace land. The Waikanae Creek area is totally developed, and a row of Phoenix palms grow on green banks which once were the port.
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 now replace land. The Waikanae Creek area is totally developed, and a row of Phoenix palms grow on green banks which once were the port.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 154 : April 14, 1967'); void 0){kind=link}