East Cape 9: Some Gisborne tiki-touring
Finishing off this series is a gallery of our Gisborne explorations in the snippets of time between family gathering stuff. Read more
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Aug 30
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East Cape 8: Catching up with whanau
We’d just finished blasting around the East Cape but the main point of us being in the region was a family gathering in Gisborne over the weekend. Read more
East Cape 7: More small town ghosts and picking up the family trail
We were on the downhill run now to Gisborne but the car detoured off again, this time to Tokomaru Bay. Originally named for sandflies, there’s a bit more going for it these days – in the East Cape sense at least. Read more
East Cape 6: Small town distractions and a birthplace
It was now early afternoon on this one-day pilgrimage. From the cafe we moseyed to Te Araroa, a sleepy East Cape town but with plenty of interesting features. It is also fairly significant in our family history. Read more
East Cape 5: A backcountry station and an historic wharf
We left the decaying cottage to drive several kilometres further inland. Vehicles were rationalised down to two for this leg and as we pulled away I glanced back at my car hoping that I would see it again. Read more
East Cape 4: The house where Dad was a boy
In 1937 an Englishman called Frederick Grace and his wife, a half-Maori lady named Elizabeth, moved to a remote cottage in the East Cape. Read more
East Cape 3: A few churches and the family heritage trail begins
Bleary-eyed, I poked my head around the curtains. Upon seeing the light and early morning colours I went scrambling for my camera. It wasn’t exactly ‘sunrise’; the big golden ball was seemingly as enthusiastic to get out of bed as I was. Read more
East Cape 2: Dereliction, sunsets and other gorgeousness
Prepared to take the punt that I had enough food for the night, I drove through Opotiki without stopping and followed the wee Englishman’s instructions to the East Cape road, Highway 35. Read more
East Cape 1: Drive to the start line
The East Cape is a pretty epic region of the North Island. I drove it over a family-themed long weekend in February, a fantastic heritage trail visiting some of my father’s places of origin. But first I had to get up there. Read more
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