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Gisborne

American  
[giz-bern] / ˈgɪz bərn /

noun

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


Gisborne British  
/ ˈɡɪzbən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Growing up in Gisborne, New Zealand, he spent almost a decade working in Melbourne, Australia.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

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 ● Feb. 21, 2023

The positions offered by Gisborne, Hawthorne and Naipaul are indicative of the expectations placed upon women in the literary marketplace and are very much tied to issues around the relationship between worth, taste and power.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2021

In Gisborne, the council decided to remove a statue of Cook after it was repeatedly vandalised.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2019

My dear Mrs. Gisborne—We received a letter from Mr. Gisborne the other day, which promised one from you.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall

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