Magnificent Home For Girl Guides

At Omatua, Rissington, near Napier, Girl Guides from the whole East Coast have a camping centre without equal.

This beautiful homestead, formerly the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Absolom, who gave it to the Guides, is a fine old kauri building set in spacious grounds, with a very nice stream nearby. The whole property is ideal for the purpose to which it will now be put.

On March 17 Gisborne Girl Guides will hold a garden party at the Vicarage grounds to raise funds, partly for the maintenance of the building, and partly to assist guides to attend camps there.

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A view of the historic old homestead.

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A view of the river on the property.

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Senior guides from the Gisborne district photographed at Omatua a few weeks ago.

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Members of Gisborne Turanganui Company who visited Omatua in 1958.

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Three Girl Guides and a Brownie, grouped round a fire which has been built beside the Rissington stream, listen to a story being told by Mrs W. Robinson, Ruatani-wha District Commissioner. From left, Jo Ivess and Jan Robb (Gisborne), Mrs Robinson, Helen Falkiner (Gisborne) and Prudence Taylor (Rissington).