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10 unusual facts about Gisborne


Gisborne

Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, a town named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne

Gisborne, New Zealand, the largest centre of population in the Gisborne Region

Electoral district of Gisborne, an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Gisborne Botanical Gardens

There is also a Gisborne botanic garden in the town of Gisborne, Australia.

Gisborne region

Gisborne is named for an early Colonial Secretary William Gisborne.

A spine of rough ridges dominates the centre of the region, culminating in the impressive bulk of the 1620 metre Mount Hikurangi in Waiapu Valley in the region's northeast.

Gisborne, New Zealand

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

Gisborne is named after an early Colonial Secretary William Gisborne.

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti

One of Te Aitanga a Hauiti's more famous marae steeped in Māori history is Te Poho-o-Rawiri of Ngati Oneone situated in Gisborne.

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti comprises over fifty hapu: from Te Whanau-a-Te Aotawarirangi the northern hapu Tokomaru Bay to Ngati Oneone the southern hapu Gisborne.


1995–96 South Pacific cyclone season

A helicopter and its pilot were lost at the height of the storm, while they were travelling from Napier to Gisborne.

48Hours

48Hours is a film-making competition held through 8 major cities in New Zealand; Auckland, Hamilton, Gisborne, Rotorua, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

Bill Crooks

After a year at Flock House, Bill found a job at a station at Tahunga, in the headwaters of the Hangaroa River, west of Gisborne.

William Crooks (Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England 12 April 1908 – Gisborne, New Zealand, December 1986), known as Bill Crooks was manager of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Ngatapa, Gisborne, from 1967-1974.

Gisborne Football Club

Michael Werner (AFL footballer who kicked 173 goals for Gisborne in 1997)

Harry Barker

Harry Barker Reserve, a cricket ground near Gisborne, New Zealand, named after a former mayor

Holme Hall, Bakewell

When Francis Gisborne died in 1881 the estate passed to his brother William Gisborne.

Juken New Zealand

It operates plants at Kaitaia, Masterton and Gisborne and employs around 1,000 New Zealanders largely as labourers.

Margaret Wilson

Born in Gisborne, Wilson received her secondary education at St Dominic's College, Northcote.

Maria Gisborne

They moved to Livorno in about 1815, where John Gisborne tried, without success, to establish a business: on its failure he settled down as a quiet student.

Melanie Yazzie

A selection of major exhibitions from the 1990s to present include “Between Two Worlds” (2008) at Arizona State University, "Traveling" at the Heard West Museum (2006), "About Face: Self-Portraits by Native American, First Nations, and Inuit Artists" at the Wheelwright Museum (2005), "Making Connections" (2002) in Bulova, Russia, "Navajo in Gisborne" (1999) in Gisborne, New Zealand and "Watchful Eyes" (1994) at the Heard Museum.

Palmerston North–Gisborne Line

On 8 March 1988, Cyclone Bola significantly damaged the line between Napier and Gisborne, resulting in the truncation of the Endeavour to Napier.

The Sunday Star-Times

Steve Braunias was a regular columnist for the Sunday magazine part of the newspaper, but was sacked in early 2011 for exchanging abusive emails with a Gisborne police prosecutor named Claire Stewart.

We Are Robin Hood!

The Sheriff and Gisborne meet their Saracen allies: a mercenary thug, Karim, and a twisted schemer, Nasir, who is to masquerade as Saladin’s messenger and convince King Richard that Saladin wants peace.