Hawkes Bay

OneLife · Itineraries · Updated 2026 · 11 min read Hawke’s Bay is a region built for slowing down. It sits on the eastern edge of the North Island, where long summers, old vineyards, and a rebuilt Art Deco city give the place a rhythm all its own. This 3 days in Hawke’s Bay itinerary […]

Updated 2026 · Hastings, New Zealand · Estimated read: 12 min Napier gets the fame. Its Art Deco streets draw the crowds, the vintage cars, and the festival every February. Twenty minutes inland, Hastings holds a version of the same story that far fewer people stop to read. This guide to Art Deco Hastings is

Food and Wine · New Zealand · Updated 2026 · 9 min read Hawke’s Bay is often called the fruit bowl of New Zealand, and Hastings sits at the heart of it. That matters when you sit down to eat. The best restaurants in Hastings are surrounded by the produce they cook with, from stone

Travel Guides · New Zealand · Updated 2026 · 10 min read Hawke’s Bay is the oldest wine region in New Zealand and the second largest, and Hastings sits right in the middle of it. The best wineries in Hawke’s Bay are almost all within a short drive of the city, gathered into a few

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