Millennium Wall

If you want to put your name on the millennium wall, you need to contact the Gisborne Information Centre

Want a photo of a name on the wall

Customer services can email you a copy of the tile.  Provide your contact details including the section and tile number of the wall to service@gdc.govt.nz

Names on the wall

Tiles are engraved with names and then installed on the wall.

The Year 2000 saw 4 panels containing approximately 32,000 names installed.

Each panel is 6 metres long and contains 80 tiles (A4 size) of black granite with 100 names on each tile.
Recently a fifth panel has been installed containing a further 3,476 names purchased since January 2000.

How the millennium wall idea developed

Californian entrepreneur Chuck Gayton approached the Gisborne District Council with a proposal to construct a "Millennium Wall" along the Gisborne foreshore.

Chuck Gayton was a partner in Trans Global Enterprises, the company behind The Millennium Wall.  He is a member of Relevents a multi-national consortium of event designers and producers who work jointly with local partners in 26 countries.

The wall sits alongside Awapuni stadium facing Midway beach.

Year 2000 celebrations

The wall and the sun rising on the first day of the new millennium provided the backdrop for the televised New Year's Day concert from Wainui Beach, featuring American Emmy Award winner John Tesh.
The programme was broadcast by the internet shopping channel QVC to an estimated 65 million homes.