Links
May 2010 article in NEXT magazine
Cafes (open for lunch)
Restaurants (lunch and dinner)
Soho Bar and Restaurant (closed Mondays and Tuesdays) - 06 868 3888
Restaurants (dinner only)
The Marina Restaurant (closed Mondays)
Wineries
Gisborne is lucky to have two certified organic wineries
The Millton Vineyard - "Before a wine can be great it must first be true".
Wrights Wines - A small family business run by Geoff and Nicola Wright and we highly recommend the Bubbly and the Gerwuztraminer
And our other wineries are also fabulous and we invite you to have a taste or visit the wineries directly
TW Wines are grown and hand-crafted along The Golden Slope. Paul Tietjen and Geordie Witters combine to make delicious award winning wines.
Established in 1968 by Bill Irwin, Matawhero Wines defied convention and made wines of boutique standing and international acclaim and in doing so, changed the face of New Zealand winemaking forever. The winery is now run by Richard and Kirsten Searle.
Kirkpatrick Estate Winery (KEW) is nestled in the Patutahi hills and is the perfect place to go for tastings and a platter
Surfing lessons
Others
Lynn is also the Gisborne agent for Soeur Design - a Christchurch based fashion business with stylish clothes for the modern woman
Our friend Penny organises this great walk over two spectacular farms - it is a trip all of it's own with Walk Gisborne
Gisborne's links golf course that is the Poverty Bay Golf Club
Gateway to Gisborne & East Coast
We buy our oranges for your juice from Andrew and Delise at www.tuckerbox.co.nz.
Every Saturday morning at the Army Hall car park a visit to www.gisbornefarmersmarket.co.nz is a must
Our lovely boutique cinema where you sit on bean bags and can enjoy a glass of wine and/or pizza and watch fabulously interesting films www.domecinema.co.nz
A scenic farm walk about an hour's drive from the beach www.haurata.co.nz
Want to be pampered during your stay? Book in early with our lovely beauty therapist, Jane Barker at Essence essenceofwainui@paradise.net.nz
Shopping
For all your kitchen needs go to Interiors at 71 Gladstone Road - the best kitchen shop around...(and Lynn works there part time!) Lynn also runs the wedding gift registry side of the business.
Mad Madge Jewellery is open at the Poverty Bay Club on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays - or you can buy on line - lovely individual pieces to suit your style and character.
Weddings and Events
The ultimate wedding consists of the following:
Venues - Matawhero Winery , The Barn at TW or on the beach
Food - Black Pearl Cuisine - contemporary, fresh, innovative and cultural
Flowers - Flowers by Catherine - 027 252 4084
Wedding Gift Registery - Interiors the kitchen shop
and of course staying at Absolute Wainui B&B! We can also arrange pre-wedding parties for up to 30 people here in our private courtyard at Absolute Wainui - contact us for further details.
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When staying in Hawkes Bay go and stay with our friends Julia and Hamish in lovely self contained accommodation at Hawkesbury Cottages
Gisborne will have a place in our hearts thanks to you, Lynn and Andy. Thank you for your hospitality and great friendliness.
Sven and Birgitta, Molndal, Sweden