Gisborne set to be lifted out of PovertyMARL MCGUINNESS Poverty Bay. Captain James Cook had clearly got out of his bunk the wrong side, the day he named Poverty Bay. SUPPLIED "Soon they'll be saying the bloke Gisborne never lived in Gisborne" says Gisborne District councillor Malcolm MacLean. READ MORE:* Nearly 2000 submissions received on Gisborne's Poverty Bay name change proposal* Push to take 'Poverty' out of Bay* Quiz: Can you get these Māori place names right? SUPPLIED Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon says changing the name of Poverty Bay to Tūranganui a Kiwa/Poverty Bay would be the honorable thing to do.

Source: Stuff March 03, 2018 09:33 UTC