Story: East Coast region

More links and websites

• Eastland Port

  The website for the port in Gisborne includes a timeline of important developments in Gisborne harbour’s history dating back to 1769.

• Gisborne District Council

  The website of the region’s daily newspaper.

• The Gisborne Herald

  The website of the region’s daily newspaper.

• Gisborne New Zealand

  A guide for things to do and places to stay when visiting Gisborne.

• Tairawhiti Museum

  The website for the museum and art gallery.

• Te Runanga o Ngati Porou

  The website of Ngāti Porou, the major tribal grouping in the East Coast region.

• Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa

  Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa was established in 1986 to represent the interests of the Rongowhakaata, Ngai Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki tribal groupings.

• Tourism Eastland

  The East Coast region’s official tourism website.

More suggestions and sources

• Gillies, Iain, John Gillies, and Angus Gillies. Cook: the county and its people. Gisborne: Gisborne District Council, 1989.
• Gundry, Sheridan. Making a killing: a history of the Gisborne–East Coast freezing works industry. Gisborne: Tairawhiti Museum, 2004.
• Mackay, Joseph Angus. Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z. Gisborne: Kiwi Publishers, 2002 (originally published 1943).
• Oliver, W. H., and Jane M. Thomson. Challenge and response: a study of the development of the Gisborne East Coast region. Gisborne: East Coast Development Research Association, 1971.
• Soutar, Monty. Nga tama toa: the price of citizenship: C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939–1945. Auckland: David Bateman, 2008.
• Waitangi Tribunal. Tūranga tangata, Tūranga whenua: the report on the Tūranganui a Kiwa claims. Wellington: Legislation Direct, 2004.