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Mr T. R. Andrew, Box 481, Gisborne..... A view from the balcony of the Turanganui Hotel in Reads Quay showing crowds turned out for the landing of Maori troops from the East Coast in World War I. Note buildings at right long since gone.

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Sgt. O. W. Wadham, Waiouru Camp....a 1910 view of Wairoa's main street, with the Post Office at right and a street sweeper on the job.

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Mr Fred Sparrow, de Lautour Road, Gisborne.....This is how the Botanical Gardens looked in the good old days when the poplars fronted the Taruheru River, the bandstand was in pride of place, and music-lovers sat around the garden plots listening to a concert given by the Municipal Band.