You Are Not Alone - MATES Cafe Gisborne NZ
MATES Cafe is a network of everyday people of all cultures and ethnicity (including teens, elders and lgbt+) who are trained to meet with a person in crisis or isolation at a local cafe, and provide emotional support and encouragement.
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MATES Cafe will empower your life so you can in turn empower the lives of others in need.
MATES are here:
To help people of all ages, gender, culture, ethnicity and personal beliefs through the challenges and tough times of life including relationship breakdown, depression, anxiety, loss and grief, bullying, loneliness and isolation. MATES are trained to be there for someone in need and helping them through a point of crisis in their life. It's not about therapy, fixing or giving advice, just simply listening and helping them to find new direction in their life.
Gisborne NZ - MATES Cafe Network
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A Call-Out to ALL!
Can You Spare ONE Hour of Your Life to Save a Life? MATES Cafe is purely about saving lives. Do you realise one person completes suicide every 13 hours in New Zealand because they are unable to stand the emotional trauma they are undergoing, often caused by relationship breakdown. Every 4 minutes 1 New Zealander has suicidal thoughts and needs a MATE to turn to. MATES need your help to drastically lower the suicide rate... are you with us? Saving someones life can be to either:
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Gisborne Support Services
LifeLine New Zealand Last updated 06/06/2013 LifeLine is here to listen to the unheard, to empower the caller to retake control of their situation, making callers aware of options rather than offering advice.
This provider offers a national helpline service.
- lifelinenz@lifeline.co.nz
- (0800) 543 354
- (0800) LIFELINE
- http://www.lifeline.co.nz
- Availability: 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
This provider offers a national helpline service.
- admin@depression.org.nz
- (0800) 111 757
- http://www.depression.org.nz
- Availability: Helpline is available 8am to midnight daily. Website is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
- help@victimsupport.org.nz
- (0800) VICTIM
- (0800) 842 846
- http://www.victimsupport.org.nz
- Availability: The Victim Support Service is available 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
- help@victimsupport.org.nz
- (0800) VICTIM
- (0800) 842 846
- http://www.victimsupport.org.nz
- Availability: The Victim Support Service is available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
SHINE: Safer Homes In New Zealand Everyday Inc Last updated 04/10/2012 Shine (Safer Homes In New Zealand Everyday) is making homes violence free. Shine offers a free national Helpline and a number of innovative services that work to stop domestic abuse.
This provider offers a national helpline service. Approved Family Violence Provider
- enquiries@2shine.org.nz
- (0508) 744 633
- (09) 815 4601
- http://www.2shine.org.nz
- Ground Floor
- 409 New North Road
- Kingsland
- Auckland
- Availability: Helpline ( 0508 744 633 ) is answered 9am - 11pm, 7 days a week . Our office hours are 8.30am - 5.00pm weekdays.
- Charges: Some charges may apply.
- Referrals: Referral may apply.
- tauawhi@psec.org.nz
- (06) 868 8278
- http://tauawhi.org.nz
- Upstairs
- 71 Peel St
- Gisborne
- Availability: Monday-Friday 10am-3pm or by appointment outside these times
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
Approved Family Violence Provider
- gisrefuge@orcon.net.nz
- (06) 867 9427
- (0800) 377 600
- 20 Grey Street
- Central
- Gisborne
- 4010
- Availability: Office hours: 8:30 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday. Also available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for emergency situations.
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
- giscancer@xtra.co.nz
- (06) 867 1795
- http://www.cancernz.org.nz/
- Morris Adair Building
- 421 Ormond Road
- Gisborne
- Availability: Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 3.00 pm
- Charges: All services free of charge.
- Referrals: No referral required.
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Information about Gisborne
Number of people counted
Total population
- 44,496 people usually live in Gisborne Region. This is an increase of 522 people, or 1.2 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its population ranks 13th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
- Gisborne Region has 1.1 percent of New Zealand's population.
- Male 21,687 1,965,618
- Female 22,812 2,062,329
- Total 44,499 4,027,947
- 19,758 Māori usually live in Gisborne Region, an increase of 393 people, or 2.0 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its Māori population ranks 9th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
- 3.5 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Gisborne Region.
- Male 9,468 274,860
- Female 10,290 290,466
- Total 19,758 565,329
Number of dwellings counted
- There are 15,768 occupied dwellings and 1,599 unoccupied dwellings in Gisborne Region.
- For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
- There are 84 dwellings under construction in Gisborne Region, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.
- Occupied Private dwelling 15,663 1,471,746
- Non-private dwelling 105 6,963
- Total 15,768 1,478,709
- Unoccupied 1,599 159,276
- Under construction 84 13,560
- Total 17,451 1,651,542
Gisborne Region
Gisborne (Māori: Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, "The place where Kiwa - of the Tākitimu waka - stood") is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne Region. It has a population of 34,300[2]. The district council has its headquarters in Whataupoko, in the central city. Gisborne is named after an early Colonial SecretaryWilliam Gisborne.
The city of Gisborne is located at the north end of Poverty Bay. The white cliff headland of Young Nick's Head at the other end of the bay is visible from the city. The cliffs can be seen in the left hand side of the sat photo. The Māori name for the cliffs is Te Kurī-a-Pāoa,[3] meaning The Dog of Pāoa, as this was what it was originally said to look like.
This prominence was the first part of New Zealand sighted by the crew of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour, and was named for the crew member who first saw it. A memorial to Cook stands on the foreshore, marking the point where he first stepped ashore in New Zealand on 8 October 1769.
On the right hand side of the sat photo at the other end of the bay, known as Poverty Bay, is Kaiti Hill. This hill overlooks the city and magnificent views can be obtained by driving or walking to the summit.
It is sometimes known as the City of Rivers as the centre of the city is the convergence of three different rivers, one of which is the shortest river in the country at 1200m long.[4]
Gisborne boasts being the first city in the world to greet the sun each day. Technically, however, this is only true for part of the year. Both Suva, Fiji, and Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, are closer to the International Date Line and therefore would seem more likely candidates for this title. Due to the Earth's tilt on its axis, however, Gisborne does overtake their claim as New Zealand summer days grow longer. In the longest days of summer, though, it again loses the title to the hillier suburbs of Dunedin in the South Island.
The city has the benefit of being very close to the white sand beaches of Waikanae and Midway. A short distance from the city is the surf beach of Wainui.
Climate The region is sheltered by high country to the west and has a dry, sunny climate with high sunshine hours. The region has a yearly average of 2,200 sunshine hours. The annual rainfall varies from about 1000mm near the coast to over 2500mm in higher inland country.[5]
Economy The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped from here. Now the harbour is the home of many smaller fishing boats as well as ships loading logs for export.
The city maintains a rural charm and is a popular holiday spot. Local industries include agriculture, horticulture, farming and forestry. Wine production is also valuable to the local economy.
Education Gisborne City has four main high (secondary) schools: Gisborne Boys' High, Gisborne Girls' High, Lytton High and Campion College. Campion College is a Catholic co-educational school.
Culture Two major annual events are the Dawn Raid Beach Day Out, which is an outdoor concert featuring many of the Dawn Raid hip-hop stars held in January, and Rhythm & Vines, a 3-day New Year's music festival, featuring well-known New Zealand and international bands performing in the vineyard setting of Waiohika Estate.
Sport
- Gisborne's soccer team Gisborne City won the Chatham Cup in 1987 and has twice been runner-up. Its home ground is the Childers Road Reserve.
- In rugby union Gisborne is home to the Poverty Bay team, who play in the Heartland Championship rugby competition.
- In cricket, Gisborne is part of the Northern Districts Cricket Association, and first-class matches are occasionally held at the Harry Barker Reserve.
In the surroundings are two arboreta:
- Eastwoodhill Arboretum at Ngatapa
- Hackfalls Arboretum at Tiniroto
Gisborne is the northern terminus of the Palmerston North - Gisborne Linerailway, which opened in 1942. Passenger services were provided until 1988, when the Endeavour express was cancelled north of Napier. Today, the railway carries solely freight. There is currently ongoing debate as to whether the line should be retained.[7][8]
Gisborne Airport provides a link in and out of the Gisborne region, with multiple Air New Zealand flights operating to and from Auckland and Wellington, seven days a week.