"You
are near the museum, beaches, harbour, views, cafes, shops, blues
and music clubs, restaurants, and so much more ... and it is
all scenic walking distance! Culture, diversified actiities,
backpackers, antiques, historical buildings, waka ama events
... the list goes on and on. Awesome!!!" - Suzy K
"Kia
Ora e Te Hapori o Puke Kai Iti. Living in Kaiti has an advantage,
one being, where I live, supportive neighbours who, when noise
is streaming from inside the whare, they will mind their own
business and respectfully leave us alone, what a shame I have
to leave Kaiti to attend secondary school, Kaiti needs a high
school, Campion is a bit too far for my heart!" - CocoNgati
"Bringing
my children up as a solo mother in Kaiti has built up their character
and made them ready to face any dramas in this world. If you
live in Kaiti you can live anywhere is this world with pride.
Nothing but 'THE REAL'. - Kaiti Born
"Kia
Ora Whanau Whanui! Kaiti is a relatively peaceful place to live,
you get a real sense of Whakawhanaunatanga here! Tau ke ki te
mahi o nga kaihautu mo tenei ipurangi. Kaiti will always be my
Kainga noho!. Nga mihi kia koutou, Hei Kona" - Tamati Taylor
"Being
able to head down to the shops for a icecream and u can catch
up with whanau parked at the Kaiti mall for a chit chat."
- Adi
"About
a month ago I stayed two weeks in Kaiti, helped out with a few
bros from Carey Baptist College in Auckland at Kura Kaiti- it
was AMAZING. You guys have a beautiful community and I couldn't
have wished for a better first visit to the beautiful East Coast!
Rock on Kapai Kaiti, you guys are awesome.
- Chelsea Hamilton, Pukekohe
"Kia
ora. This is brilliant. Tu meke." - Michelle
"I
grew up in Kaiti and it has been nearly 20 years since I returned.
I can recall many similar memories of sliding down Titirangi
Hill on boxes, rubbish bags, and our backsides what a laugh.
The best sausages in the world were from Hurstones butchery,
and the Fish n chips were the best when the Newdicks owned the
shop! also Jack Sinclair owed the dairy when I was growing up
we could get heaps of lollies for 10cents!Ah the memories! I
lived in York Street a lot of action went down in my street."
- Meredith
"Kia
ora Kaiti!!! Thats right and i used to live at the back of Titirangi
park and used to go there with clay, jimmy, leayth, sham and
tere. Attended Kaiti School when we had the Weka Ball and the
mcc bat mean times oh and used to go touch the electric fence
where the incinerator use to be what a crack up. - Charlie
Houia
"Living
in Kaiti has kept me real, my family have resided here for the
last 30 years and i wouldnt have it any other way, Ida Road PArk
was our hang out, never allowed to go to the huxley road dairy
spaceys, and Kaiti School was the best. Always enjoy cruising
around KAiti, MUCH LOVE" - Joelene Horua
"Kia
ora te whanau, living in Kaiti was the bomb! I lived in front
of Titirangi park and sliding down the hill on cardboard boxes
from the London Street dairy was a favourite past-time and then
what about the London St fish and chips!!!! The best in the world
I reckon. Kaiti is humble and produced some world leaders like
my whanaunga Derek Lardelli as well as a host of many others,
although I reside in the big lights of Auckland now, I will always
connect back and acknowledge my upbringing in Kaiti! ROCK ON
KAITI MO AKE TONU ATU!" - Matai Smith
"Kaiti,
the place where the best memories are made. It may not be the
flashest of areas, but the people are real! Everyone says kia
ora, even the posties. It's awesome to see the old ones that
were there when I was growing up and those of us that move away,
eventually come back...because its home. Especially for this
kaiti gal!" - Cheyenne Hubbard-Bryson
"Kia
Oraana - What a great website. My family and I moved to Kaiti
in December 2004 and have had no 'probs', oh, maybe except for
the old boy who appears every now and again (in the early hours
of the morning) to the 'house he used to live in' and asks his
honey to let him in - poor dear!! Anyway, we had our reservations
before moving to Kaiti - one of our better decisions is all I
can say! The people you meet are really friendly and the shop
keepers are genuinely interested in you as a person rather than
just another customer. I keep telling my friend (who has phobias
about Kaiti) that "Kaiti is only what you make of Kaiti"
and surprisingly very quiet!! We love it here and not in any
hurry to leave!!!" - Ka Brown
"Kia
ora, What an awesome website. My name is Adrienne Baird and my
partner is Henare Horua. We are an older couple (in our 50's)
who have just bought a home in Kaiti. We chose to live in Kaiti
because of the people and because we have just left our community
of Highbury and Takaro in Palmerston North and Kaiti feels more
like home that any other part of Gisborne. So far we have been
greeted by all the tamariki who live in Gillies Street and who
play in the cul-de-sac. They are wonderful. I have seen heaps
of rangatahi as I drive up Tyndall Road and I enjoy seeing their
youth and energy. The other day we were moving our fridge in
and a neighbour appeared from nowhere to give us a hand. We didn't
even have our jug and cups unpacked so I couldn'g offer him a
drink or kai but he was understanding and his help was much appreciated.
So "ka pai" Kaiti. I'm sure we will enjoy living here.
- Adrienne Baird
"Kaiti
is the place where you always get a smile put on your face..thats
why i like Kaiti" - Purri Mita
"He
pai te whakawhanaunga ki nga tangata. Ara kia mohio hoki ai te
iwi ara ko kaiti ko kaiti" - Ripeka
"Living
in Kaiti strengthens your character... I have lived here for
three decades now and my goodness decision makers have a done
a lot of damage by ignoring us!!!" - Mere Pohatu
"Kaiti
is the bomb 'cos no matter where you go in Kaiti everyone is
whanau. The people are real...and the weather rocks!!! Heaps
of Maori too... that's got to be good for you!" - Te
Hamua Nikora
"The
fact that you can walk down the street and someone is always
bound to say 'hi!' and nearly every face you see is a friendly
one." :-) - Ripeka Porou
"No
te mea he tino pai i kona" - aio@xtra
"Maori
flavour and friendly people. Your bound to hear a kia ora in
the crowd!!" - Missy |