Investigating, as far as local records and rol'ei'ices permit, a suggestion that the town of Gisborne took its name not from the Hon. William Gisborno, but from an Ohl Country statesman, n press representative to-day unearthnd no evidence Co support the state ineiH. All Hie evidence available points to the generally-aeeoptoi! theory us the correct one. The Hon. Wit liani Gisborno was Colonial Socrntary ijl the third Fox Ministry, having been resident in Now Zealand from 1818. He held oifiV.c as Colonial Seerotary from July, ISO 9, to September, [872, and the town of Hisborue, which was laid out in 1-S7O. obviously too/' its name from, the secretary of the day. There is no apparent analogy in the naming o.f this town and the naming of Napier, say; for the latter centre was given an official title .many years before Poverty Bay was settled and a township formed to handle its trade.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16869, 5 February 1929, Page 8
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