What is Māori for Gisborne?

What is Māori for Gisborne? Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa Gisborne (Māori: Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa “Great standing place of Kiwa”) is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region). Why is Gisborne called Gisborne? To early Māori the Gisborne area was known as Tūranganui-a-Kiwa. Kiwa was the Read more…