Gisborne-Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club

Gisborne-Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club is located on Poverty Bay, the second largest of the several bays located on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Poverty Bay is a major grape growing region and Gisborne, its largest town, was the first part of New Zealand sighted by James Cook’s expedition in 1769. He named the landing site Poverty Bay, since “it did not afford a single item we wanted, except a little firewood”. Despite the fertility of the surrounding lands, the name stuck, though many Maori prefer Turanganui a Kiwa – honoring a Polynesian navigator. As the unofficial “Chardonnay Capital of New Zealand”, Gisborne has many boutique wineries where you can taste the local products. The Maori culture is evident in many parts of the city, including the Kaiti Beach, where near the statue commemorating Cook’s arrival in New Zealand there’s the picturesque Te Poho O Rawiri Marae (old meeting grounds of Maori chieftains). Tataopuri point is a great place for snorkeling and swimming with stingrays.