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History and highlights of rugby in the Poverty Bay region

An 1860s view of Gisborne.

This memorial records the names and ages of 33 European victims of the Matawhero ‘Massacre’, 28 of whom are buried nearby.

The memorial records the names of six Hawke’s Bay Military Settlers who died on 18 November 1865 during the siege of Waerenga-a-Hika pa.

The Poverty Bay team travelled to the game in the back of a meat truck to avoid detection by protestors. This set the pattern for the remainder of the tour, with each side trying to outsmart the opposition on game day.

The first landing site of Captain James Cook's crew at Gisborne was commemorated with the erection of a monument in 1906.

The first game, against Poverty Bay on 22 July, saw tour supporters and anti-tour protestors confront each other, face to face, for the first time.

Gisborne First World War memorial at Holy Trinity church

The main First World War memorial in Gisborne has 575 names on it

Private William Kelliher and Corporal Ray Rodgers are taught how to dance by Gisborne Māori, 1942

Marine Corporal Norman Hatch is taught how to dance by Peggy Kaua in Gisborne.

At a public gathering in Gisborne an American sailor, Fred Watson, discusses with Nancy O'Connor the differences between the American dollar and the New Zealand pound