Gisborne

[ giz-bern ]

noun

1. a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.

Gisborne

/ ˈɡɪzbən /

noun

1. a port in N New Zealand, on E North Island on Poverty Bay. Pop: 44 900 (2004 est)

Example Sentences

Bad weather returns to devastated regions including Hawke's Bay and Gisborne as police try and locate roughly 1,100 people still listed as uncontactable.

From Reuters

North of Hawke's Bay, at Tairāwhiti Gisborne, the area's Civil Defence group controller Ben Green said there was "still a long way to go before everyone has been located, had their needs met and everyone's connected once again".

From Reuters

The Gisborne Herald, a local newspaper with a circulation of about 10,000, said on Twitter that its editorial staff had been “without any communications” until early Wednesday afternoon, before satellite internet became available and they were able to put an edition together.

From New York Times

Some 22,000 issues were hand-delivered to residents so they would be informed about dwindling water supplies, Gisborne’s mayor, Rehette Stoltz, told Radio New Zealand.

From New York Times

The New Zealand Police on Thursday said they were investigating the death of a person in Gisborne, who was believed to have been caught in flood waters.

From Reuters