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Sights
Tairawhiti Museum
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MUSEUM
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(
www.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz
;
Kelvin Rise, Stout St; adult/child $5/free, Mon free; 10am-4pm Mon-Sat,
1.30-4pm Sun)
The Tairawhiti Museum, with its new gallery extension, focuses on East Coast
Maori and colonial history. It is Gisborne's arts hub, with rotating exhibits, and excellent
historic photographic displays. There's also a maritime wing, with displays on
waka,
whaling and Cook's Poverty Bay, although these pale in comparison to the vintage surf-
board collection.
There's a shop and tearoom-style cafe overlooking Kelvin Park, while outside is the re-
constructed
Wyllie Cottage
(1872), Gisborne's oldest house.
Titirangi Park
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PARK
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High on Kaiti Hill overlooking the city, Titirangi was once a
pa
(fortified village). You
can reach it by driving or walking up Queens Dr, or pick up the walking track at the Cook
statue here looks nothing like Cap'n Jim. A plaque proclaims, 'Who was he? We have no
idea!' Adjacent is a modest pohutukawa tree planted by Princess Di in 1983. Further on is
the
Cook Observatory
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viewing 8.30pm Tue)
, the world's easternmost star-gazing facility.
public viewing $5;
Eastwoodhill Arboretum
( 06-863 9003;
www.eastwoodhill.org.nz
;
2392 Wharekopae Rd, Ngatapa; adult/child/family $15/2/34;
9am-5pm)
Arboreal nirvana, Eastwoodhill Arboretum is the largest collection of northern
hemisphere trees and shrubs in the southern hemisphere. It's staggeringly beautiful, and
GARDENS
