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Waikanae Creek

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"A stinking mudhole that has been an eyesore and a reproach to the city ever since I can remember, from boyhood days", was how Mr E. W. Armstrong, who has returned to Gisborne after practising as an architect in London for many years, described Waikanae Creek in a recent talk to the Jaycees.
Looking upstream from the Stanley Road bridge.

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Two views of Waikanae Creek, in which the camera has used time and light to beautify the scene.
A late afternoon view from near Grey Street, less than half a mile from the city shopping centre.