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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]
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.
Te Hapara is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne. It is located in the northwest of the city. It contains one primary school, Te Hapara School, which is located in Mill Road. [3] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the dawn" for Te Hāpara. [4]
Ruatoria (Māori: Ruatōria) is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island. [4] [5] The town was originally known as Cross Roads then Manutahi and was later named Ruatorea in 1913, after the Māori Master female grower Tōrea who had some of the finest storage pits in her Iwi at the time (Te-Rua-a-Tōrea). [4]
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]
Awapuni is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne, located in the southwest of the city. [3] It is named after the Awapuni lagoon, where the Waipaoa River runs into the ocean. [4] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "blocked-up river" for Awapuni. [5]