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Kōrero: East Coast region

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Overview

East Coast

Images of the East Coast

Images of the East Coast

'Tu mai' waiata by Meng Foon

'Tu mai' waiata by Meng Foon

Sunrise on Hikurangi

Sunrise on Hikurangi

Hikurangi

Nature's beauty: Gisborne

Nature's beauty: Gisborne (1 o 2)

Nature's beauty: Hicks Bay (Wharekāhika)

Nature's beauty: Hicks Bay (Wharekāhika) (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Geology and landscape

East Coast landforms

East Coast landforms

Raukūmara Range

Raukūmara Range

Poverty Bay flats

Poverty Bay flats

Erosion: caught in the slips

Erosion: caught in the slips (1 o 3)

Erosion: hill country slips

Erosion: hill country slips (2 o 3)

Erosion: Tarndale slip

Erosion: Tarndale slip (3 o 3)

Tatapouri Hotel and tsunami

Tatapouri Hotel and tsunami

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Climate, flora and fauna

East Coast vegetation

East Coast vegetation

The sunny coast

The sunny coast

1948 flood

Cyclone Bola

Whale stranding at Wainui Beach

Whale stranding at Wainui Beach

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Māori settlement

Waka landings, places of significance and tribes

Waka landings, places of significance and tribes

Marae in the Waiapu River valley

Marae in the Waiapu River valley

Whakairo on Hikurangi

Whakairo on Hikurangi

Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Te Kurī-a-Pāoa and the Waipāoa River

Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Te Kurī-a-Pāoa and the Waipāoa River

Hine Hakirirangi

Hine Hakirirangi

Mai i te whārangi 5 - European impact on Māori, 1769 to 1869

Views of Poverty Bay from Cook’s first voyage

Views of Poverty Bay from Cook’s first voyage

Traders: John Harris

Traders: John Harris (1 o 3)

Traders: Thomas Halbert

Traders: Thomas Halbert (2 o 3)

Traders: George Read

Traders: George Read (3 o 3)

Māori churches: church at Tūranga

Māori churches: church at Tūranga (1 o 2)

Māori churches: Whakawhitirā church in the Waiapu valley

Māori churches: Whakawhitirā church in the Waiapu valley (2 o 2)

Major Rāpata Wahawaha and Captain Thomas William Porter

Major Rāpata Wahawaha and Captain Thomas William Porter

Te Kooti on the East Coast

Te Kooti on the East Coast

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Pākehā settlement, 1870 to 1940

Shooting party at Ormond

Shooting party at Ormond

James Carroll at the Waitangi bore, inland Poverty Bay, 1909

James Carroll at the Waitangi bore, inland Poverty Bay, 1909

Farming: bush burning

Farming: bush burning (1 o 3)

Farming: stockyards

Farming: stockyards (2 o 3)

Farming: freezing works

Farming: freezing works (3 o 3)

Gisborne’s trams

Gisborne’s trams

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Māori and Pākehā, 1870 to 1940

Confiscation plans, Poverty Bay, around 1870

Confiscation plans, Poverty Bay, around 1870

Pākirikiri hui, 1887

Pākirikiri hui, 1887

Wiremu Pere

Apirana Ngata

Shearing gang

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Transport and communication

On the road

Coaches on the old coast road

Coaches on the old coast road

East Coast wharves

East Coast wharves

Transport: plane over Gisborne, 1936

Transport: plane over Gisborne, 1936 (1 o 2)

Transport: train at Gisborne, 1942

Transport: train at Gisborne, 1942 (2 o 2)

2ZM radio

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Growth and challenge, 1940 to 2010s

Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu VC

Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu VC

Gisborne in 1963

Gisborne in 1963

Food processing

Food processing

Logs waiting to be shipped

Logs waiting to be shipped

Māori population of the East Coast, 1891–2013

Māori population of the East Coast, 1891–2013

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Government

East Coast local government boundaries

East Coast local government boundaries

Mayor Harry Barker and the queen

Mayor Harry Barker and the queen

Esme Tombleson

Farm cadet scheme

Farm cadet scheme

Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Treaty of Waitangi settlement

Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Treaty of Waitangi settlement

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Arts, culture and heritage

Public art in Gisborne

Public art in Gisborne

Carving: Iwirākau style

Carving: Iwirākau style (1 o 2)

Carving: Tūranga style

Carving: Tūranga style (2 o 2)

Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Tuini Ngāwai

Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Tuini Ngāwai

East Coast writers: David Ballantyne

East Coast writers: David Ballantyne (1 o 2)

East Coast writers: Witi Ihimaera

East Coast writers: Witi Ihimaera (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Sport and recreation

Maz Quinn

Sportsmen: George Nēpia and Tom Heeney

Sportsmen: George Nēpia and Tom Heeney (1 o 3)

Sportsmen: Tom Heeney welcomed in Gisborne

Sportsmen: Tom Heeney welcomed in Gisborne (2 o 3)

Sportsmen: George Nēpia

Sportsmen: George Nēpia (3 o 3)

Leigh Gibbs

Rhythm and Vines Festival

Rhythm and Vines Festival

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Monty Soutar, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/east-coast-region/media (accessed 13 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Monty Soutar, i tāngia i te 25 Aug 2011, updated 1 Mar 2015