East Coast
The East Coast, also known as Eastland or the Gisborne Region, lies around and south of the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies between the Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay.
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Gisborne
East Cape
New Zealand's East Cape of the North Island is one of the most isolated areas in the country. This region has a reputation for rugged yet spectacular coastlines, rich Māori heritage and culture, and a relaxed way of life centered around te moana.
Matawai
Matawai is a very small settlement on State Highway 2 in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand. It is on the upper reaches of the Motu River, which flows into the eastern Bay of Plenty, and is about half-way between Gisborne and Opotiki.
East Coast
- Type: region of New Zealand with 52,700 residents
- Description: region on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island
- Also known as: “East Coast (New Zealand)”, “Gisborne Borough”, “Gisborne District”, “Gisborne Region”, “Tairāwhiti”, and “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Neighbors: Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay
- Category: district of New Zealand
- Location: North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
-38.6667° or 38° 40′ south
Longitude of center
178.0167° or 178° 1′ east
Population
52,700
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“East Coast” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم جيسبورن”
- Aragonese: “Rechión de Gisborne”
- Armenian: “Գիսբորն”
- Asturian: “Gisborne”
- Balinese: “Distrik Gisborne”
- Basque: “Gisborne eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Гісбарн (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Гісбарн (рэгіён)”
- Belarusian: “Гісбарн”
- Belarusian: “рэгіён Гісбарн”
- Bengali: “গিসবন অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Гисбърн”
- Catalan: “Regió de Gisborne”
- Cebuano: “Gisborne District”
- Cebuano: “Gisborne”
- Chinese: “Gisborne Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “吉斯伯恩大区”
- Chinese: “吉斯伯恩大區”
- Chinese: “吉斯本大区”
- Chinese: “吉斯本大區”
- Croatian: “Gisborne”
- Danish: “Gisborne region”
- Dutch: “Gisborne”
- Esperanto: “distrikro Gisborne”
- Esperanto: “regiono Gisborne”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Gisborne”
- Esperanto: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Estonian: “Gisborne’i piirkond”
- Finnish: “Gisbornen maakunta”
- French: “Gisborne”
- French: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Georgian: “გიზბორნის რეგიონი”
- German: “Gisborne District”
- German: “Region Gisborne”
- German: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Greek: “Γκίσμπερν”
- Gujarati: “ગિસબોર્ન પ્રદેશ”
- Hindi: “गिस्बॉर्न क्षेत्र”
- Hindi: “जिस्बॉर्न क्षेत्र”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Gisborne”
- Italian: “Gisborne”
- Italian: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Japanese: “ギズボーン地方”
- Kannada: “ಗಿಸ್ಬೋರ್ನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “기즈번 지방”
- Korean: “기즈번 지역”
- Latvian: “Gisborna”
- Latvian: “Gisbornas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Gisborno apskritis”
- Lithuanian: “Gisborno regionas”
- Macedonian: “Гизборн”
- Malay: “Wilayah Gisborne”
- Maori: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Maori: “Te Tai-rāwhiti”
- Maori: “Te Tairāwhiti”
- Marathi: “जिस्बर्न प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gisborne Tōa-khu”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة ݣيزبورن”
- Northern Frisian: “Gisborne Regiuun”
- Northern Frisian: “Gisborne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gisborne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Gisborne”
- Norwegian: “Gisborne”
- Polish: “Gisborne”
- Portuguese: “Gisborne”
- Portuguese: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Russian: “Гисборн”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gisborne Region”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gisborne”
- Sinhala: “ගිස්බෝන් දිස්ත්රික්කය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Sinhala: “ගිස්බෝර්නේ කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “GIS”
- Slovenian: “Gisborne District”
- Spanish: “distrito de Gisborne”
- Spanish: “Gisborne”
- Spanish: “Región de Gisborne”
- Spanish: “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
- Swedish: “Gisborne District”
- Swedish: “Gisborne”
- Tamil: “கிசுபர்ன் பகுதி”
- Telugu: “గిస్బార్న్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “เนเรทา”
- Turkish: “Gisborne Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гісборн”
- Urdu: “ضلع گسبورن”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Gisborne”
- Western Armenian: “Կիսպորն (Նոր Զելանտայի արեւելեան ափ)”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع گسبورن”
- “Te Tai Rāwhiti”
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