The East Coast - New Zealand - page 582

27 Zest C3
Drinking & Nightlife
Rivers (see 18)
28 Smash Palace A3
Entertainment
29 Dome Cinema C3
Poverty Bay Club (see 29)
Sights
Tairawhiti Museum 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 vin-
tage surfboard collection.
There's a shop and tearoom-style cafe overlooking Kelvin Park, while outside is the
reconstructed Wyllie Cottage (1872), Gisborne's oldest house.
Titirangi Park 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 Monument. Near the summit is Titirangi Lookout OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP
and yet another Cook edifice, Cook's Plaza OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP . Due to a
cock-up of historic proportions, 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 OFFLINE MAP