Former Gisborne Herald managing director Michael Muir is pictured in the main Herald archives, which stores copies of the Gisborne Herald and Poverty Bay Herald dating back to the 19th century. New storage facilities are required somewhere out in the community if the treasure trove of historical records is to be retained after the Gisborne Herald was bought out by NZME. Photo / Wynsley Wrigley
The future of a taonga carrying a record of the last 150 years of Tairāwhiti is uncertain as its keeper looks for a new permanent home where the public can benefit from it. new intro ends
The Gisborne Herald/Poverty Herald archives, which date back to 1874, need a new home.
The thousands of “hard copies” in the Gisborne Herald/Poverty Herald archives, dating back to 1874, represent a treasu...
