Discover Gisborne the first city to see the light of the new day

The Gisborne region is so close to the edge that we are the birth place of the sun making us the first city in the world to see the light of the new day. The people who live here nurture the sun and share their warmth with the rest of New Zealand and the world. The Gisborne Region covers a land area of 8,265 square kilometres on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. This is approximately 4.9% of New Zealand's total land area. The region stretches from just north of Morere thermal springs andMahia Peninsular in the south to include the East Cape and Potaka township to the east of Opotiki. Our neighbouring regions are Hawkes Bay to the south and the Bay of Plenty to the north west.

The people of the Gisborne District.
The population of the region was 43,971 at the 2001 census. The provisional figures from the 2006 census shows a slight rise to 44,400 with both losses and gains showing in various district centres.

Around 45% of the population are of Maori descent, giving Gisborne District the highest proportion of persons of Maori descent anywhere in New Zealand. Gisborne and the East Coast are among the few places in the country where Maori is commonly spoken as an everyday language. There are throughout the district over 100 Marae (meeting area of a Hapu, sub-tribe or family group, including a meeting house).

Around 53% of the population describe themselves as being of European descent, and 2% are of other nationalities.

Gisborne is a relatively young district: 27% of it's people are under 15 years of age.

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• Historical edge... How the Poverty Bay and Gisborne edge were first discovered by Maori, and then how Captain Cook sighted land and it became the first land to have contact between Maori and Pakeha (European).

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