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Loved by the locals: Gisborne

From coastal walkways to historic railways, boutique cinemas and famous vineyards, we've picked five things that locals love to do...


The city of Gisborne from Kaiti Hill. © kershawj

Loved by the locals: Eastland

Eastwoodhill Arboretum at Ngātapa has an outstanding collection of Northern Hemisphere trees, regarded as the largest and most comprehensive south...

Eastland Tairāwhiti: first to see the light

‘Poverty Bay’ is a serious misnomer for this place of plenty, I thought, as I lugged my trug of technicolour...

Gisborne: close to heaven

Gisborne has what the rest of the world has lost... or is looking for.

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