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It's also family friendly and cosy, with some choice artefacts adding a convincing veneer
of history. Quiz nights Tuesdays.

Poverty Bay Club
MAP

LIVE MUSIC, CINEMA

GOOGLE MAP

( 06-863 2006; www.thepovertybayclub.co.nz ; 38 Childers Rd; 5pm-late Wed-Fri, 8pm-late Sat, 5.30pm-late
Sun) Sharing this lovely old historic building with a cafe and art shop is Winston's Bar , where
occasional live music and vintage board games transpire, as well as the bean-baggy Dome
Cinema from 5.30pm Wed-Sun) , GOOGLE MAP ( 08-324 3005; www.domecinema.co.nz ; tickets $15; MAP

which screens art-house flicks.

Information

DOC (Department of Conservation; 06-869 0460; www.doc.govt.nz ; 63 Carnarvon St; 8am-4.30pm Mon-Fri)

Tourist information.

Gisborne Hospital ( 06-869 0500; www.tdh.org.nz ; Ormond Rd; 24hr)

Gisborne i-SITE ( 06-868 6139; www.gisbornenz.com ; 209 Grey St; 8.30am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat,
10am-4pm Sun; ) Beside a doozy of a Canadian totem pole, this information centre has all
and sundry, as well as a travel desk, internet access and toilets.

Police Station ( 06-869 0200; www.police.govt.nz ; cnr Gladstone Rd & Customhouse St; 24hr)

Post Office ( www.nzpost.co.nz ; 127 Gladstone Rd; 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat)

Getting There & Around

The i-SITE handles bookings for many local and national transport services.

AIR
Gisborne Airport ( www.eastland.co.nz/gisborne-airport ; Aerodrome Rd) is 3km west of the city. Air New
Zealand flies to/from Auckland and Wellington, with onward connections. Sunair Avi-
ation flies direct from Gisborne to Rotorua, Tauranga and Napier.

BUS
InterCity buses depart daily from the i-SITE for Napier ($47, four hours) via Wairoa ($30,
1½ hours); and Auckland ($85, 10 hours) via Opotiki ($36, two hours) and Rotorua ($64,
five hours).