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Gisborne is a city in New Zealand, located within the Gisborne District. It serves as the capital of this administrative territorial entity. The city has a population of 37,000 and covers an area of 38.42. It is situated in the continent of Insular Oceania.
The local postal code and dialing code for Gisborne is 06. The city is twinned with Wenzhou. Its official website is gdc.govt.nz.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gisborne
- Region
- Gisborne
- Country
- New Zealand / Aotearoa
- Population
- 38,100
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Gisborne District
- Mayor
- Rehette Stoltz
- Total
- 37.43 km (14.45 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,020/km (2,640/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+12 ( NZST )
- Summer dst
- UTC+13 ( NZDT )
- Area code
- 06
- Website
- GDC.govt.nz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Gisborne District
- Continent
- Insular Oceania
- Population
- 37000
- Area
- 38.42
- Capital of
- Gisborne District
- Official website
- www.gdc.govt.nz
- Image
- Gisborne nz 1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 06
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- Commons category
- Gisborne
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Gisborne
- topic's main category
- Category:Gisborne, New Zealand
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gisborne, New Zealand
- Commons gallery
- Gisborne
- postal code
- 06
- P8168
- Gruppo Mondadori
- twinned administrative body
- Wenzhou
- P12749
- Winnipeg
Sources (7)
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Travel guide
Get in
thumb|right|View of Gisborne from Kaiti Hill
Get around
GizzyBus is the local bus service and operates M–F 7:10am–5:40pm, not on public holidays or weekends.
There is a taxi service and several rental car firms. A car is handy, especially if going out of town, say to Wainui Beach (7 km north of the central business district), Rere Falls, or the outlying wineries.
The CBD is small enough to be walked easily. It's an easy 10-15 min walk from the CBD to Waikanae Beach.
Do
Gisborne is a great summertime destination. Waikanae Beach is a nice beach right near the middle of town and continues into Midway Beach. If you have a car, it's worth venturing a little further out to Wainui, Makarori or any of the bays that you find if you drive north up the coast. Surfing, swimming and fishing are all big parts of local culture, so give these a go.
Eat
Dining in Gisborne is fairly casual. Daytime cafes and evening takeaways, including fish and chips, dominate, and a local speciality is the "all sauces," or a scoop of chips with tomato sauce, mayo, and garlic butter.
Many restaurants mark their hours as "til late," meaning when their last customer of the night has finished. Eating out after about 21:00 can limit your options.
Go next
Go south to Morere (hot pools), Wairoa and Napier. Go north-west on State Highway 2 to the inland settlement of Matawai, on the Waioeka Gorge route to Opotiki. Head north-east to East Cape and round to Opotiki on coastal State Highway 35. This trip will take a full day and features spectacular coastal views and contains some of the most remote settlements in New Zealand.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region). It has a population of 38,100 (June 2025). Gisborne District Council has its headquarters in the central city.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gisborne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.