Gisborne

Gisborne is a small sunny beachside city on the of the of . It's a popular holiday spot, especially in summer, as it has a warm, dry and sunny climate, swimming and surf beaches, wineries, and a more relaxed pace of life than larger cities.
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  • Type: City with 37,300 residents
  • Description: city in New Zealand
  • Also known as: Gisborne, New Zealand

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tairāwhiti Museum and Gisborne Botanical Gardens.

Museum

Park
is a public garden in Gisborne, , that dates back to 1874. The nowadays occupy 5.1 hectares between Aberdeen Road and the .

Railway station
The in Gisborne, New Zealand was the main railway station in Gisborne; and the northern terminus of the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line from 1942 when the line was opened, until 2012 when the line was mothballed beyond .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaiti and Te Hapara.

Suburb
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 .

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of Gisborne. It is located in the northwest of the city. It contains one primary school, School, which is located in Mill Road.

Suburb
is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne. It is located in the north of the city. lies to the southeast and to the south, separated from by the .

Gisborne

Latitude
-38.6613° or 38° 39′ 41″ south
Longitude
178.0206° or 178° 1′ 14″ east
Population
37,300
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Named after
William Gisborne
IATA airport code
GIS
United Nations Location Code
NZ GIS
Open location code
4VHW82QC+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60269696
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2206854
Wiki­data ID
Q233467
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Gisborne” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Gisborne
  • Arabic: غيسبورن
  • Asturian: Gisborne
  • Basque: Gisborne eskualdea
  • Basque: Gisborne
  • Belarusian: Гісбарн
  • Bengali: গিজবন
  • Bulgarian: Гисбърн
  • Catalan: Gisborne
  • Catalan: Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa
  • Cebuano: Gisborne (kapital sa rehiyon)
  • Cebuano: Gisborne
  • Chinese: 吉斯伯恩
  • Czech: Gisborne
  • Danish: Gisborne
  • Dutch: Gisborne
  • Egyptian Arabic: جيسبورن
  • Finnish: Gisborne
  • French: Gisborne
  • Georgian: გიზბორნი
  • German: Gisborne
  • Greek: Γκίζμπορν
  • Gujarati: ગિસબોર્ન
  • Hebrew: גיזברן
  • Hindi: गिस्बॉर्न
  • Hungarian: East Cape
  • Indonesian: Gisborne
  • Interlingue: Gisborne
  • Irish: Gisborne
  • Irish: Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa
  • Italian: Gisborne
  • Japanese: ギズボーン
  • Kannada: ಜಿಸ್ಬೋರ್ನ್
  • Korean: 기즈번
  • Latvian: Gisborna
  • Lithuanian: Gisbornas
  • Macedonian: Гизборн
  • Malay: Gisborne, New Zealand
  • Malay: Gisborne
  • Maori: Te Tai-rāwhiti
  • Maori: Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa
  • Maori: Tūranga
  • Marathi: गिसबॉर्न
  • Moroccan Arabic: ݣيزبورن
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gisborne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gisborne
  • Norwegian: Gisborne
  • Persian: گیسبورن (نیوزلند)
  • Persian: گیسبورن
  • Polish: Gisborne
  • Portuguese: Gisborne (Nova Zelândia)
  • Portuguese: Gisborne
  • Romanian: Gisborne
  • Russian: Гисборн
  • Santali: ᱜᱤᱥᱵᱳᱨᱱ, ᱱᱤᱭᱩᱡᱤᱞᱮᱱᱰ
  • Scottish Gaelic: Gisborne, Sealainn Nuadh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Gisborne
  • Serbian: Гизборн
  • Silesian: Gisborne
  • Sinhala: ගිස්බෝන්, නවසීලන්තය
  • Sinhala: ගිස්බෝර්න්
  • Slovenian: Gisborne
  • Spanish: Gisborne
  • Spanish: Turanga-nui-a-Kiwa
  • Swahili: Gisborne, New Zealand
  • Swedish: Gisborne, Nya Zeeland
  • Swedish: Gisborne
  • Tamil: கிஸ்போர்ன்
  • Telugu: గిస్బార్న్
  • Thai: กิสบอร์น
  • Turkish: Gisborne
  • Turkish: Turanga-nui-a-Kiwa
  • Ukrainian: Гізбурн
  • Ukrainian: Гісборн
  • Urdu: گسبورن، نیوزی لینڈ
  • Vietnamese: Gisborne
  • Welsh: Gisborne

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