Gisborne, New Zealand

Region

For other uses of Gisborne see Gisborne (disambiguation). File:New Zealand location map. svgFile:Disc Plain red. svgGisborne Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne Region. It has a population of 34,000. The district council has its headquarters in the city. Gisborne is named after an early Colonial Secretary William Gisborne.

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Documents about Gisborne, New Zealand

Monday 5th February 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet agrees meat rationing to begin 11th March. Air Ministry concerned by resilience of German Heinkel aircraft
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Samuel Hoare
place Finland
place Gisborne, New Zealand
 

Meeting minutes

extract Russia delivers "a series of hammer blows” against Finland. Lord Halifax: Mussolini “no longer convinced” of Nazi victory
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Stafford Cripps
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Kingsley Wood
place Finland
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Iran
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation Hopatcong High School
 

Meeting minutes

extract Finns forced to withdraw to second line of Mannerheim defence system. Rumour Germany anxious to mediate in this conflict
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
person Woodrow Wilson
place Finland
place East Germany
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Turkey
organisation New Zealand Treasury
 

Monday 18th March 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Churchill reports on defences after Scarpa attack. Warns of general feeling “Germans used bombs…we only dropped leaflets”
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Walter Hines Page
person Adolf Hitler
person Winston Churchill
person Neville Chamberlain
place Finland
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Hong Kong
place Turkey
place Gibraltar
place South America
organisation Home Office
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Scapa
organisation Home Fleet
 

The Grand Strategy of the Allies.

extract Easter break continues. Lord Hankey circulates his notes on the direction of Allied strategy: “continue static warfare”
person Sumner Welles
place Greece
place Finland
place Russian Empire
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Hungary
place Turkey
place Bulgaria
place West Germany
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation Royal Marines
 

Friday 10th May 1940

Seaborne and airborne attack on the United Kingdom.

extract Cabinet gives general approval to plan from Chiefs of Staff on UK's response to sea and air attack
extract Italian aircraft carrier at Suez Canal. Concern a “convenient” ship for blockade. UK to block Canal as “play for time”
extract War Cabinet approves establishment of Netherland government in London
person Adolf Hitler
place Great Britain
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Brussels
place Northern Ireland
place Denmark
organisation Luftwaffe
organisation French Air Force
 

Civil Defence Report No. 17. Seventeenth Report submitted by the Minister of Home Security, covering the period from Midnight 14th April to Midnight 12 May, 1940.

extract Home Security Minister: Local authorities being pressed to complete bomb shelter preparations “as rapidly as possible”
person John Anderson (Maine)
place Gisborne, New Zealand
organisation Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)
 

Eire.

extract Chiefs of Staff issue report on potential advantages to Germany of Irish neutrality and how these can be minimised
person John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby
place Plymouth
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Eyre Peninsula
place Dublin
place Northern Ireland
 

Saturday 8th June 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Report Egypt wishes to remain neutral in UK-Italy conflict. Egyptian PM told with "brutal straightness" this impossible
extract General Dill: Situation in France "generally more favourable". But concern at possible German breakthrough near Rouen
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place Egypt
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Halifax Peninsula
place Iceland
 

Plans for Partial Evacuation of certain East Coast Towns.

extract Home Security Minister reports preparations for evacuation of east coast towns. 50% of local children already evacuated
person John Anderson (Maine)
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place East Anglia
 

Meeting minutes

extract Admiralty suggests action against French oil stocks. Cabinet rejects as "act of war" with talks in N. Africa continuing
extract Pole, Czech troops arriving "in large numbers" in UK. Polish troops "good quality", Czechs must "be carefully sorted out"
extract 50-70 aircraft over UK last night. Bombing Midlands, East Anglia, Bristol targetting aerodromes and aero-engine factories
extract General Wavell reports on first 10 days fighting Italy in Middle East. Halifax: "Superiority of our troops" clear
extract Cabinet approves formation of Economic Mission to United States. Seeks permission to buy armaments on credit
person Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
person Walter Hines Page
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place East Anglia
place Africa
place Bristol
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Home Office
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Minister of Economic Warfare
organisation French Foreign Legion
 

Meeting minutes

extract Ambassador Kennedy to ask President Roosevelt to put pressure on Irish government to cooperate with UK defence plans
extract Halifax urges bombing of aircraft factories in German-occupied France before air defences are installed. Cabinet approves
extract PM: "Little chance now" of resistance in French Africa. UK mission not permitted to see French ex-Ministers at Rabat
extract Cabinet abandons plans for full scale evacuation of east coast towns. Hopes for voluntary evacuation of 60% of population
person Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
person Charles de Gaulle
person Walter Hines Page
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place East Anglia
place Syria
place Libya
organisation Home Office
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation French Army
 

Wednesday 3rd July 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Directive from PM on morale to Civil Service. Must "set an example", report those spreading "alarm and despondency"
extract Cabinet rejects request by Chiefs of Staff for east coast evacuation. "Public opinion already somewhat jumpy"
extract Cabinet agrees UK air raid casualty figures will no longer be released. Gives enemy information, might demoralise country
person Alexander Cadogan
person Andrew Greenwood
person Stafford Cripps
person Joseph Stalin
person Malcolm MacDonald
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Halifax Peninsula
place South Wales
organisation Home Office
organisation Royal Air Force
organisation British Army
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
 

Evacuation of Civil Population from East, South-East and South Coast Towns.

extract Chiefs of Staff believe invasion of UK could occur "any day". Urge Cabinet to order evacuation of East Coast towns now
person John Dill
place Gisborne, New Zealand
 

Northern Barrage and other Mining Requirements at Home.

extract First Lord of the Admiralty proposes massive "northern barrage" minefield from Scotland to coast of Greenland
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Iceland
 

Friday 2nd August 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Attlee warns evacuation of east coast towns bankrupting local authorities. Lowestoft already "in the hands of a bank"
extract HMS Highlander, off the north coast of Scotland, is reporting having brought down two Heinkels by machine-gun fire
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Charles de Gaulle
person Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine
person Kingsley Wood
person Clement Attlee
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Malta
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
 

Home Defence - Protected Areas.

extract Chiefs of Staff reject requests that travel ban on east coast towns be lifted. Risk of espionage, beach mine accidents
place Gisborne, New Zealand
organisation Hopatcong High School
 

Declaration of dangerous areas in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.

extract Admiralty reconnaissance indicates Germans establishing naval bases in Occupied France. Propose minefields, sub attacks
place Gisborne, New Zealand
 

Merchant Shipping Casualties.

extract Naval Staff claim Germans may be making attacks on merchant shipping their "main offensive instead of invasion"
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Northern Ireland
organisation Advanced Micro Devices
 

Monday 9th September 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet authorise Home Security Ministry to evacuate non-essential population of s.coast towns and Canterbury, Ipswitch
extract PM emphasises importance of attacking Calais and Boulogne to affect morale of Germans "assembled ready to invade" Britain
extract Home Security Minister: Hospitals hit "will be quickly repaired". All fires now under control despite renewed attack
extract Air Chief: "Considerable damage" done but "comparatively little effect" on factories engaged on war production
extract Air Chief: Enemy air activity yesterday "on a considerably reduced scale". Our losses 4, Enemy losses 7 (+3 probable)
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Sudan
organisation Home Office
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation House of Lords
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation KEF
 

Monday 4th November 1940

Meeting minutes

extract General Dill: "Possibility" of Italian advance into Egypt. Greece situation "still obscure". RAF will report tomorrow
extract Air Chief: Enemy air attacks "on a low scale" over weekend. A number of attacks on East Coast convoys, no casualties
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Herbert Morrison
person Samuel Hoare
person Ernest Bevin
person Kingsley Wood
person Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
person Clement Attlee
person John Dill
person Jean Bart
place Greece
place Egypt
place Cranborne
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Halifax Peninsula
place Malta
place Toulon
organisation Home Office
organisation Government of Canada
organisation Daily Mirror
 

Thursday 3rd July 1941

Weekly Resume (No. 96) of the Naval, Military and Air Situation from 12 noon June 26th, to 12 noon July 3rd, 1941.

extract Chiefs of Staff: Fighting continues against Vichy French in Syria "who are putting up skilful and determined resistance"
extract Chiefs of Staff: German forces advancing on the general axis Smolensk-Moscow have reached Minsk
place Great Britain
place Freetown
place Egypt
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place South Wales
place Shanghai
place Sicily
place Malta
place Europe
place Gibraltar
place Tobruk
place Beirut
place Syria
place Libya
place Tripoli
organisation Royal Air Force
organisation German Army
organisation Luftwaffe