​Summer
​the way it should be.

Take advantage of the long summer weekends and enjoy more than 25 sun, sand and surf based events crammed into three sun-drenched weeks - offering festival-goers an unparalleled summer experience.
Surfing, paddleboarding, waveskiing, surf lifesaving, longboarding, skating, live music... no matter what you're in to Gisborne Tairawhiti promises summer the way it should be. 

Events

Attendees

Long Weekends

27

1,500

3

Surf Lifesaving
Gisborne/Tairawhiti Surf Lifesaving Sunset Series
Gisborne/Tairawhiti Wainui Junior Surf Carnival
Gisborne / Tairawhiti Surf Lifesaving Junior Champs
​Gisborne / Tairawhiti Surf Lifesaving Senior Champs

Skateboarding
Gisborne Skateboarding National Skate Comp 

Music
Sun Smash 4
Barleycorn
​Wrights Winery Live Music Saturdays
​Bad Company, Foreigner, Rock Steady Supergroup 
​Nation
Smash Palace 28th Birthday Bash
Welcome to  Smashville

Longboarding
Makarori First Light Longboard Classic

Paddleboarding and Waveski
Turanganui Open Waveski Have A Go Day
Turanganui Open Waveski Competition
Tairawhiti Waveski Champs

Surfing
Gisborne Boardriders Club Surf Contest

Plus for the family...
Gisborne City Vintage Rail WA165 Matawai Excursions
Historic MV Takitimu Excursions
​Enterprise Cars Bay Bonanza
First Light Kai Street Food Festival
Kapai Kaiti and Good Karma Waitangi Day Festival
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