Hawkes Bay

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Hawkes Bay is a district on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

1 Cities
2 Regions
3 Other Destinations
4 Understand
5 Get In
- 5.1 By Road
- 5.2 By Plane
6 See
7 External Links

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Cities

Napier - Is famed for its Art Deco architecture.
Hastings.

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Regions

Northern Hawke's Bay
Central Hawke's Bay

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Other Destinations

Central Hawke's bay
- Dannevirke
- Waipukurau
- Waipawa
- Porangahau
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (which translates into English as The hilltop, where Tamatea with big knees, conqueror of mountains, eater of land, traveller over land and sea, played his koauau (nose flute) to his beloved).
Northern Hawke's Bay
- Lake Morere
- Wairoa
- Mahia Peninsula
- Lake Waikaremoana
- Te Urewera National Park
- Morere Hot Springs

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Understand

The Hawkes Bay district gets its name from Hawke Bay, a large bay in the North Island's eastern coastline. The district extends south to the Wairarapa.

The Hawkes Bay was one of the original colonial provinces when New Zealand was colonised by British settlers in the mid to late nineteenth century. The flat fertile land has been developed for farming. Initially sheep, later beef and dairying as well as forestry, orcharding and cropping. The warm dry sunny climate makes the region ideal for winegrowing and the vineyard industry has developed strongly in recent years.

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Get In

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By Road

State Highway 2 passes through the centre of Napier and Hastings and the provincial towns.
State Highway 5 - the Napier-Taupo road - joins State Highway 2 just north of Napier.
If travelling from the south, State Highway 50 provides a scenic route that is more direct to Napier and bypasses Waipukurau, Waipawa and Hastings. This road is of a slightly lower standard than State Highway 2 and has some narrow winding sections that need to be taken slowly as well as a couple of single lane bridges with sharp approach coners at the bottom of steep grades, so take care.

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