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THE BEACHLIFE ARCHIVES:
A selection of our favourite people and feature stories archived for history.
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The Day The Whales Died: On a stormy day in March of 1970 59 sperm whales swam into the shallows at the northern end of Wainui Beach and died in a seething bloody mass.
The Muriel Jones Story: Keeping up with Mrs Jones. Looking back at the remarkable life of Muriel Jones.
The Surfing Way of Life: An exploration of the surf culture and the history that defines life at our beaches. Plus lots of old photos.
The Bob Rasby Story: Once at the forefront of the world’s surfboard industry our Bob has been knocked down, but he’s not out.
The season of the Orca: Amazing photographs by Tom Grimson and a look back at the visits from the orca pods in the autumn and spring of 2008.
A Place By The Sea: The history of the settlement of Wainui and Makorori beaches from pre-European times.
California Dreaming: They dream of California as it used to be – but know the place they loved has changed forever. Sarah and Peter Dixon are an American couple, with recent New Zealand residency, who discovered Gisborne six years ago and have found a facsimile of their old Californian lifestyle here at Wainui Beach.
General and People Stories: Peter Stewart, Trevor Herk and the Big Water recording; Luke Morrell; Tom Dalton; Amanda Foubister; Laurie Lautmann and Frank Russell; Rogan Houghton; Darnelle Timbs; Christie Carter; Stephanie Brown
The Joan Coates Story: Joan Coates has been a well-known personality in Gisborne or over half a century, most of those years spent living here at Wainui Beach.