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Gisborne's winter — until mid–June — pleased most people. The weather was consistently fine. Every so often a strong southerly blew up across the bay, like the one on the page opposite. In Wellington this meant hurricanes and no ferry services, in Canterbury and Otago rain, snow and floods. But in Gisborne the sun kept shining most of the time, and the nights were crisp and clear. The frosts got progressively heavier — 13.1 degrees on June 1, then a record 15.4 degrees on June 4, when these pictures were taken. Picture above shows the scene in the Gardens as the sun rose over the hills to the east, when the frost looked like a fall of snow.

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Children on way to school cross frost-covered bridge

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Close-up view shows whiteness of frost.