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Travel Guides · New Zealand · Updated 2026 · 9 min read Hawke’s Bay is warm, sunny and right on the coast, so you would expect it to be full of beaches. It is, but with a catch. Much of the shoreline here is steep shingle rather than sand, and not all of it is

Travel Guides · New Zealand · Updated 2026 · 9 min read Hastings sits in the middle of Hawke’s Bay, which turns out to be a useful place to be. The region is small, warm and full of variety. The best day trips from Hastings are all close: a rebuilt Art Deco city, a limestone

Travel Guides · New Zealand · Updated 2026 · 10 min read Hastings is the kind of place people drive through on the way to somewhere else, and it deserves better than that. Sitting at the heart of Hawke’s Bay on the east coast of the North Island. It is the working centre of one

Where to Stay · Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand · Updated 2026 · 12 min read Hastings sits in the middle of one of the most productive corners of New Zealand. Orchards, vineyards and river flats stretch out in every direction, the sun holds longer here than almost anywhere else in the country, and Te Mata

Updated 2026 · Hastings, New Zealand · Estimated read: 14 min Most people arrive in Hawke’s Bay looking for Napier and its Art Deco streets. Hastings sits twenty minutes inland, quieter and less photographed, and it is where the region actually grows its food and makes its wine. This Hastings travel guide is written for