Things to Do in Gisborne

• Wineries
  Gisborne is world-famous for its award-winning wines, and a tour of the Gisborne wineries is a popular option. Local vineyards include Montana Wines (Lytton Rd), Matawhero Wines (Riverpoint Rd), Longbush Wines (the Esplanade) and Millton Estate Vineyard (Manutuke). The Visitor Information Centre can supply details.
• Te Tairawhiti Museum
  Gisborne's museum features Maori and European artefacts, an extensive photographic collection and local, national and international artworks.
• Gisborne Botanical Garden
  A 4ha park offering rare trees, ponds, rose and cactus collections, an aviary and children's playground.
• Te Poho-O-Rawiri Marae
  This Gisborne marae, dating from 1930, is one of the largest carved meeting houses in New Zealand. A superb interior features woven panels and ornate carvings. Close by is the picturesque Toko Toru Tapu Church.
• Cooks Landing Site Historic Reserve
  The first European landing place by Captain James Cook in 1769. A roadway winds up Kaiti Hill to an observatory, with a statue of Cook nearby. There are fine views of the harbour, westwards to Waikanae Beach and southwards to Young Nick's Head.
• Wyllie Cottage
  Gisborne's oldest house built in 1872. The six-room cottage is furnished in the early colonial style.
• Toihoukura Art Gallery
  An art gallery attached to Tairawhiti Polytechnic's art and design school, specialising in Maori art.
• East Coast Museum of Technology
  A display of vintage farm machinery, home and office equipment and fire engines.
• Matawhero Historic Church
  Located 6 kilometres west of Gisborne is Poverty Bay's oldest building, originally built in the mid-1860s as a schoolroom.
• Eastwood Hill Arboretum
  Some 35km from the city, Eastwoodhill has the most extensive collection of mature Northern Hemisphere trees in the country.