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Gisborne is the name of a unitary authority (in this case, a region and district) in New Zealand. It contains the city of the same name.

1 Gisborne Region

The region is located in the northeastern corner of the North Island and is also referred to as the East Cape or East Coast region. It is a sparsely inhabited and isolated region, with small settlements mainly clinging to small bays along the eastern shore such as Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay. Other than the city of Gisborne, the main settlement is the town of Ruatoria. The population fo the region is about 45,000, with two-thirds of those living in the city. No other settlement has a population of over 1000.

Inland, the land is rough, predominantly forested, hill country. Te Urewera National Park is located in the west of the region, and the Kaingaroa Forest is located just to the west of that. A spine of rough ridges dominates the centre of the region, culminating in the impressive bulk of the 1620 metre Mount Hikurangi in the region's northeast. regarded as sacred by the Maori, there is some justification to the claims that this is the first mountain to see the sun in summer (see note below under Gisborne City).

The region's population has a higher than the national average proportion of Maori - over 50% is some areas - and still maintains strong ties to both Maori tradition and the iwi and marae structure. The predominant iwi in the region are Ngati PorouThe Ngati Porou iwi is among the top ten tribes of New Zealand by population. It is based in the Gisborne area. They fought against the Hau Hau in the East Cape War of 1865-1868. Well-known current or former members or affiliates of the tribe include Sir and Tuhoe .

2 Gisborne City

The city of Gisborne is located at the north end of Poverty BayPoverty Bay is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island to the north of Hawke Bay. It stretches for 10 kilometres from Young Nick's Head in the southwest to Tuahine Point in the northeast. The city of Gisborne is l. The rock outcrop of Young Nick's HeadYoung Nick's Head is a headland at the southern end of Poverty Bay in New Zealand's North Island. It is clearly visible from the nearby city of Gisborne. The promontory was the first land sighted by the crew of Capt. James Cook's ship Endeavour on October at the other end of the bay is visible from the city. This prominence was the first part of New zealand sighted by the crew of Captain James CookJames Cook ( October 27, 1728 February 14, 1779) was a British explorer and navigator. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, in which its main shorelines were discovered. Cook was also a map maker. Introduction Cook was born in Marton in Cleveland,'s ship EndeavourHM Bark Endeavour was originally a small merchant collier named Earl of Pembroke built in Whitby, North Yorkshire. She was purchased by the Royal Society of London for use in a scientific study to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the sun, and rena, and was named for the crew member who first saw it. A memorial to Cook stands on the foreshore, marking the point where he first stepped ashore in New Zealand on October 8October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). There are 84 days remaining in the year. Events 451 At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1). 1600 San Marino ad, 1769Events Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen exhibits the " Mechanical Turk", a chess-playing machine May 14 Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey and begin the settlem.

The city, maintains a rural charm and is a popular holiday spot. Local industries include agricultureFarming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). Agriculture is also known as farming ., horticulture, farming and forestry. Wine production is also valuable to the local economy.

Gisborne City has four main high (secondary) schools: Gisborne Boys' High, Gisborne Girls' High, Lytton High and Campion College.

Gisborne boasts being the first city in the world to greet the sun each day. Technically, however, this is only true for part of the year. Both Suva, Fiji and Nuku'alofa, Tonga are closer to the International Date Line and therefore would seem more likely candidates for this title. Due to the earth's tilt on its axis, however, Gisborne does overtake their claim as the New Zealand summer grows longer. In the longest days of summer, it again loses the title to the hillier suburbs of Dunedin in the South Island.