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So let’s just say that Hawke’s Bay is a seriously beautiful Heretaunga – a collection of Maori carvings representing part of the world occupying around 14,000 square important ancestors from the Heretaunga district. kilometres. It’s a fusion of simplicity and sophistication, Most people know about Hawke’s Bay’s international centred around the cities of Napier and Hastings and reputation as a wine producer. Hawke’s Bay is New is based on three naturally occurring ingredients: a Zealand’s oldest producer and has been making wine climate with Mediterranean leanings, an ability to grow for over 160 years. Today, Hawke’s Bay has around 200 all manner of things, and an irrepressible enthusiasm vineyards and 76 wineries, and grows more than 80 per amongst the locals for making the most of the abundant cent of New Zealand’s Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and resources at their fingertips. Syrah grapes. It is also widely tipped as the producer of Napier is a city by the sea internationally renowned New Zealand’s finest Chardonnays. for its depiction of Art Deco architecture. Napier is a Regarded as the fruit bowl of New Zealand for its reinvented city post the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake ability to grow just about any kind of fruit, Hawke’s and its stories are richly told by enthusiastic local guides. Bay has expanded its repertoire to become the land of MTG Hawke’s Bay is the Hawke’s Bay Museum, Theatre ingredients, where buying fresh produce direct from the and Gallery and is located on Marine Parade – it is the grower is now common place amongst restaurant chefs centrepiece of Hawke’s Bay’s rich history and heritage. and lovers of good cooking. The completely refurbished and expanded Napier Conference Centre on Marine Parade is part of a large The Hawke’s Bay Trails have added an extra dimension investment programme on Napier’s waterfront that will to the established food and wine circuit by providing see conference delegates well looked after. 200km’s of trails – an alternative way for people to connect with the artisans, local growers and the wineries. The Hastings district is a geographically diverse area that takes in Cape Kidnappers, coastal Waimarama, Hawke’s Bays Mediterranean climate is generally the Te Mata Peak, the village of Havelock North and the backdrop to a very successful conference, wedding or Heretaunga Plains. Its CBD includes the Hastings City event so you should feel confident to plan your next Art Gallery, good local shops and cafes and Nga Pou O major event. Seasons in Hawke’s Bay View to Cape Kidnappers from Marine Parade Spring Summer Taniwha Daffodils, Central Hawke’s Bay Spring is made for walking. Temperatures are on the rise, tracks are drying out, and the visible signs of Summer is holiday time. Longs have given way to shorts, nature waking up are on show everywhere with bursts and the locals are in full outdoor swing. With longer days of blossoms, flushes of daffodils, and fresh green grass. and warmer temperatures come fresh offerings – think Squadrons of male gannets have ensconced themselves in outdoor concerts, twilight cricket, and new potatoes. There’s their headland sanctuaries at Cape Kidnappers, feathering the Christmas and New Year influx of course, with a well- their nests in anticipation of the arrival of their mates. spaced succession of long weekends to follow. It’s the start Asparagus shoots have completed their first push through of the wedding season, when every day is a big day it seems, the soils, early strawberries are making their colourful and the shores are asplash with swimmers and surfers. The appearance on the shelves, and lawnmowers are firing up early pre-starts of outboards sing a new dawn chorus in the for another busy season. settlements along the coast, as boaties prepare for another day on the ocean. Cruise ships begin their daily visits and Art Deco enthusiasts from around the world are all in a frenzy about their February pilgrimage to Napier for the Poplars 7, Black Barn Lodge annual Art Deco Festival. Winter Te Mata Peak lookout, Havelock North Autumn Winter is the season for hunkering down, but Hawke’s Bay is not dormant by any means. Early season there is a crisp stillness in the air, with blue skies and shortening sunny days. With the first dustings of snow on the ranges, life outside Autumn is a photographer’s dream. The last apple has simply carries on indoors – wood supplies are brought in, been picked, the grapes are all but off the vines, and the fires are lit, hearty meals prepared. There are deals to be had landscape is a blaze as deciduous leaves turn gold, red, yellow at luxury lodges and boutique hotels for an intimate escape and brown. With the sinking of the sun, the harder light of or a weekend rendezvous, and in June there is F.A.W.C.! – the summer transforms into the golden syrupy light of autumn, winter session of the now famous Food and Wine Classic. illuminating the hills and filtering down through the trees With a local spin on winter fare and a flurry of new vintage to create long shadows and a magnificent three-dimensional releases, food lovers and wine drinkers have plenty of reasons spectacle. There’s no better way to witness the magic than an to be happy.