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English: Location of region Gisborne in New Zealand. Date: 5 October 2011: ... This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme.
Gisborne has the smallest percentage of the population born overseas at 9.7% compared to 25.2% for New Zealand as a whole. [40] The highest of these are British, totalling 1,335 or 3.1% of the population. [41] Furthermore, 73.0% of the population could speak in one language only, 16.2% in two languages and 1.1% in three or more languages. [37]
Waituhi is a small settlement in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is 21 km (13 mi) northwest of the city of Gisborne , on the western bank of the Waipaoa River . It is notable as the historic site of Popoia pā , and as the setting for several novels and short stories of Witi Ihimaera .
Kaiti (Māori: Kaitī) is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne. It is located immediately to the east of the city centre, on the opposing bank of the Waimata River. Kaiti Hill or Titirangi overlooks Poverty Bay with Young Nick's Head (Te Kurī-a-Pāoa) across the Bay. [3] Titirangi also overlooks the city.
Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region [5] (Māori: Te Tairāwhiti or Te Tai Rāwhiti) is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand. It is governed by Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority (with the combined powers of a district and regional council). It is named after its largest settlement, the city of Gisborne.
Mount Hikurangi (or Te Ara ki Hikurangi in Māori) is a 1,752 m (5,748 ft) peak in the eastern corner of New Zealand's North Island, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Gisborne, and 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of the East Cape Lighthouse. [2]
It is at the base of this hill that Captain James Cook came ashore, after first sighting New Zealand in October 1769. The 33 ha Titirangi Reserve is a tourist attraction; the hill has a Cook monument, a pōhutukawa tree planted by Diana, Princess of Wales , the James Cook Observatory , a fitness course, a park, and four lookouts over Gisborne ...
Muriwai is a settlement and rural community at the southern end of Poverty Bay, in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island, south of Manutuke. The main settlement is just west of Young Nick's Head. [1] State Highway 2 runs through Muriwai on its way from Gisborne to Hawke's Bay. [1]