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A taste of the best in Hawke's Bay...
Located on the East Coast of the North Island, Hawke’s Bay Wine Country offers award-winning wines, gourmet experiences, a Mediterranean climate, a thriving arts community, family fun, unique wildlife and rich cultural heritage. A conference held in Hawke’s Bay will be an event to remember.
Hawke’s Bay Wine Country can cater for conference or meeting groups of all sizes in a diverse range of venues. Hawke’s Bay has something for every group, from purpose-built conference centres to historic homesteads, restored theatres, race courses, luxury lodges, vineyard settings and large-capacity stadiums for large events.
Attractions
As well as a great selection of meeting venues, Hawke’s Bay also offers a wide variety of activities and attractions for the team building, incentive and rewards and relaxation elements of your conference or event.
Activities in Hawke’s Bay include Golf, Clay bird shooting, Trout fishing, White-water rafting, kayaking, horse riding, quad biking, interactive Maori culture experiences and much more.
Other Hawke’s Bay attractions include; the World’s Longest Place Name (over 80 letters!), New Zealand’s oldest farmers’ market, the National Aquarium of New Zealand, Splash Planet water world, the largest accessible mainland gannet colony in the world and over 20 golf courses including the internationally renowned Cape Kidnappers! TheAll fabulous ways to break up or end a long day of business meetings...
The twin cities of Hawke’s Bay - Napier and Hastings - offer a world class concentration of Art Deco and Spanish Mission architecture, a result of the devastating 1931 earthquake, which at 7.8 on the Richter scale was New Zealand’s largest natural disaster. (Most town building needed to be re-built after the earthquake and so bare the stunning architectural hallmarks of the Art Deco era). Napier and Hastings are among New Zealand's best business travel destinations.
Birthplace of NZ’s Wine Industry
Hawke’s Bay is New Zealand’s oldest wine region, and is the country’s leading producer of finest quality red wines.
There are over 70 wineries in the region, so why not plan a tasting for your conference group at one of the 40 cellar doors open to visitors. Alternatively, dine in one of the many winery restaurants where you can enjoy sumptuous dishes created from fresh local produce to be matched with the vineyard’s wines.
Winery and Food Trail Guides are another way to make your conference or event in Hawke’s Bay New Zealand truly unique. You can 'self drive' with a Hawke’s Bay winery guide, take a professional wine tour with one of the many experienced guides or operators, or hire a bike and enjoy a leisurely day out cycling through vineyards and olive groves whilst taking in the spectacular landscapes and scenery. Your conference delegates will love the relaxing atmosphere and stunning scenery.
How to get to Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay Wine Country is easily accessible by land or air to conference delegates visiting the region. Hawke’s Bay boasts a fully re-developed airport terminal in Napier which is within an easy drive of Napier CBD and Hastings City. Air New Zealand operates over 220 flights per week into the region.
- From Auckland: 5.5 hours by car/60 minutes by air
- From Taupo: 1.5 hours by car
- From Wellington: 4 hours by car/50 minutes by air
- From Rotorua: 3 hours 15 minutes by car
If you would like to organise a conference, event or incentive travel in Hawke's Bay, search for venues, accommodation and services in Hawke's Bay now, or let us do the research for you - contact the Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) Call Centre.
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