Gisborne, New Zealand
| Gisborne Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa | ||
| Country: | New Zealand | |
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| Unitary Authority | ||
| Name: | Gisborne District Council | |
| Mayor: | Meng Foon | |
| Population: | Urban area: 32,700 (June 2006 estimate) Region: 44,500 (June 2006 estimate) [1] | |
| Extent: | Puninga to Hicks Bay; west to Matawai | |
| Land Area: | 8,355km² | |
| Website: | http://www.gdc.govt.nz | |
| Cities and Towns | ||
| Cities: | Gisborne | |
| Towns: | Ruatoria, Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Waipiro Bay, Hicks Bay, Tikitiki | |
- For other uses of Gisborne see Gisborne (disambiguation).
Gisborne (Template:Lang-mi) is the name of a unitary authority in New Zealand, being both a region and a district. Gisborne is named for an early Colonial Secretary William Gisborne. The council is located in the city of Gisborne.
State Highway 2 passes through Gisborne and Gisborne is the terminus of the Palmerston North - Gisborne railway.
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City of Gisborne
The city of Gisborne is located at the north end of Poverty Bay. The white cliff headland of Young Nick's Head at the other end of the bay is visible from the city. The cliffs can be seen in the left hand side of the sat photo.
This prominence was the first part of New Zealand sighted by the crew of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour, and was named for the crew member who first saw it. A memorial to Cook stands on the foreshore, marking the point where he first stepped ashore in New Zealand on October 8, 1769.
On the right hand side of the sat photo at the other end of the bay, known as Poverty Bay, is Kaiti Hill. This hill overlooks the town and magnificent views can be obtained by driving or walking to the summit.
The city maintains a rural charm and is a popular holiday spot. Local industries include agriculture, horticulture, farming and forestry. Wine production is also valuable to the local economy. It is sometimes known as the City of Rivers as the centre of town is the convergence of three different rivers.
Gisborne City has four main high (secondary) schools: Gisborne Boys' High, Gisborne Girls' High, Lytton High and Campion College.
The harbour was host to many ships in the past. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped from here. Now the harbour is the home of many smaller fishing boats as well as ships loading logs for export.
Gisborne boasts being the first city in the world to greet the sun each day. Technically, however, this is only true for part of the year. Both Suva, Fiji, and Nuku'alofa, Tonga, are closer to the International Date Line and therefore would seem more likely candidates for this title. Due to the earth's tilt on its axis, however, Gisborne does overtake their claim as New Zealand summer days grow longer. In the longest days of summer, though, it again loses the title to the hillier suburbs of Dunedin in the South Island.
The city has the benefit of being very close to the white sand beaches of Waikanae and Midway. A short distance from the city is the surf beach of Wainui.
Two major annual events are the Dawn Raid Beach Day Out, which is an outdoor concert featuring many of the Dawn Raid Hip-hop stars held in January, and the Rhythm & Vines concert held every New Years' Eve which features a huge concert featuring well-known New Zealand bands performing in a vineyard.
Gisborne had three sister cities in the Sister Cities International Program, two are in the United Kingdom (one in Wales and Scotland), and the latter is Palm Desert, California in the US. The town of Gisborne, 50 kilometes north-west of Melbourne (Australia) is now also twinned with it.
Born in Gisborne
- Kelly Evernden (September 21, 1962), professional tennis player
- Graham Sligo (December 24, 1954), field hockey player
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (March 6, 1944), opera singer
- Rico Gear (February 26, 1978), rugby union player
- Witi Ihimaera (February 7, 1944), prominent Māori author
- Ian Kirkpatrick (May 24, 1946), ex All Black Captain
- Te Kooti (c. 1820), a Māori leader and activist
- danyon sewell 1994 october 15th woo the bst person in the world thiz page has been tagged
Suburbs in Gisborne
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See also
- List of Schools in the Gisborne Region
- List of Marae in the Gisborne Region
- Famous People from Gisborne
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