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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 15

One of the beauty .6pots of Poverty Bay is the To ■•Roingu.'scenic reserve, on the coach route ...between Gisborno and Wairoa. ' The chief attraction is a waterfall, ..vrlvich, while not of great height, presents features .which' are quite remarkable. Tlie river,-aftor taking its leap, 'Ms confronted by a great wall of-rock, which effectually bars-its further progress in the same direction,- and the water flows away at sharp .right angles ; to the original course. - The- sceuo;.as.. ono which, for rugged grandeur, would be difficult to .surpass. In the Vicinity; l of ' the, falls is a. large plantation*'of cherry trees, which yield heavy *.'• crops :of fvuit, which visitors aro'free to enjoy to thoir' heart's content. Morere,'alsp on, the Gisborne-Wairoa Road, is another favourite' tourist resort. The' hot springs, which have; remarkable curative properties, are tho chief attrac- ,■ tion. Surrounding the springs is a t large area of native bush, in which abouiid tho most beautiful; specimens of ! the nikau 'palm. ''