Here you will be able to explore the fascinating world of the honeybee in a modern & interactive environment. With many activities on offer including an extensive retail section, everybody young & old will truly have “A SWEET EXPERINCE”

Team building exercises for conferences and corporate events are available, bookings are essential.

FREE ENTRY, FREE HONEY TASTING
Group bookings essential
Open 7 days 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

For more information visit www.aratakihoneyhb.co.nz

Celebrate Christmas this year in Hastings. There’s plenty to see and do with Saturday all-day shopping, free gift wrapping and Christmas lights at night!

Saturday shopping

All stores will be open all day each Saturday leading up to Christmas to get your shopping done in time for the big day. There will be entertainment and deals galore to make your shopping experience just that little bit more special during Christmas.

Free gift wrapping

Free wrapping of Christmas presents with recyclable material will be set up around Hastings CBD between 10am and 2pm on Saturday December 10th,17th and 24th. Free car parking will also be available on the 17th in the carpark behind the Westpac and BNZ banks. The gift wrapping is sponsored by Hastings District Council’s Sus’d program which aims to encourages people to save money and the environment.

See the lights on the Christmas trees at night

When darkness falls each night, see the stunning Christmas trees light up on the water fountain in the CBD of Hastings.

Fiesta of Lights

A fairyland of 500,000 sparkling lights will envelope the walkways of the Hawke’s Bay A&P Showgrounds starting on Saturday 17 December and going every night until Saturday 7 January. You’ll see diving penguins, jumping fish, spurting whales and a host of colourful sea creatures amidst thousands of dancing fairy lights animated to music.

See Santa at the Cornwall Park Christmas Party

Santa is making a special trip this year to Christmas in Cornwall Park on Sunday the 18th of December. He’ll make his appearance at 5pm, but bring the kids and the rest of the family from 3pm for an afternoon of entertainment and fun. Later on that evening, our annual Christmas Carols will begin from 7pm where the Hastings Citizens Band will play all your favourite tunes.

Merry Christmas everyone.

In these days of mass produced, low quality… everything… Finders Keepers is a find indeed. It’s filled with antique and vintage furniture built by craftsman to last. They also carry an extensive range of fine china, kitchenalia, collectables, vintage clothing and restoration hardware. Fill your home with beautiful furniture and collectables that are worthy of passing on to the next generation.

Finders Keepers: Antique and vintage furniture for everyday living. Open 7 days. Located on Maraekakaho Road, next to Tumu Timbers, just 3k from Stortford Lodge in Hastings.

For more information visit www.finderskeepers.co.nz

For your convenience we have Eftpos, ample parking and toilet facilities.

There’s nothing fresher or finer than a barrow load of food from The Hawke’s Bay Farmers Markets!
Shop for a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, bread, eggs, pickles, preserves and so much more straight from the producer.

Hastings Market is one of the larger and oldest Farmers’ Markets in New Zealand. Purely food, it is an ‘experience’ not to be missed. Thousands of locals and busloads of visitors soak up the friendly, relaxed atmosphere of a traditional village market every Sunday morning. Starting with hot freshly roasted coffee and a choice of breakfast fare to feed the body locals and visitors can feed their senses while wandering at leisure, listening to local music and discovering the diverse range of products grown and produced in Hawke’s Bay. See touch, smell and taste the goods, then buy knowing that they are fresh from the source.

The warm climate of Hawke’s Bay is conducive to all things living and has earned Hawke’s Bay the reputation as a leader in food and wine production. No matter when you visit, some food or wine is ‘in season’. Spring heralds the new asparagus, strawberries, lettuce and herbs. Summer kicks into life with sweetcorn, eggplant, berries, cherries and stone fruit. Autumn harvests apples, pears, avocados and olives while winter is the time for citrus fruit and hearty vegetables.

For more information visit www.foodhawkesbay.co.nz

Telegraph Hill is an award winning producer of New Zealand olives, extra virgin olive oil and gourmet food products. Telegraph Hill has self contained accommodation on the olive grove.

In 2001 Telegraph Hill was the first producer of commercial table olives in New Zealand, and now is the largest producer of New Zealand grown table olives. From beginnings in a shed on the grove, Telegraph Hill now produce 25 tonnes of table olives and extra virgin olive oil annually at their purpose built Olivery.

The Olivery Tasting Room is open Monday to Friday 9-5 all year, and Saturday 10-3 from Oct 1st to March 31st.

For more information and to check out our range of products visit www.telegraphhill.co.nz

The NZWC is located in the heart of the Art Deco precinct and offers a truly exceptional wine experience.

The Wine Tasting Adventure takes you through the Hawke’s Bay region where you will interactively meet the winemakers, taste their wines and view the beautiful scenery all in or state of the art theatres, all in under an hour, all under one roof.

Wine shop, wine accessories, gourmet food products, local artworks, Indulge Hawke’s Bay speciality store – all onsite.

Certainly a destination store not to be missed.

“One of the best tourist attractions in New Zealand” – Michael Guy.

For more information or to make a booking visit www.newzealandwinecentre.co.nz