Hawke's Bay
About the Region
Hawke’s Bay is New Zealand’s Food and Wine Country, and stands among global heavyweights like Bordeaux, Bilbao, and Napa Valley, having recently earned the title of Great Wine Capital of the world.
Hawke’s Bay is wide open skies. Grapes on a vine. Apples on a tree. Beach walks that go on for miles. Limestone cycle paths that go on for even more miles. Art Deco luxury on the seaside and farmer’s markets.
Long lingering lunches on long terraces amongst vines in the sunshine. Cool cafes and sophisticated urban restaurants. One of the oldest wine regions in New Zealand, Hawke’s Bay is also a produce-growing and farming powerhouse, where locals are passionate about the fresh ingredients found in their own backyard.
It is a country where paddock to plate cuisine is not so much an ideal, but a way of life. A place where visitors can take their pick from New Zealand’s foremost array of provenance-led culinary experiences delivered by passionate producers, suppliers, growers and creators.
All capped off with genuinely intriguing small towns and a couple of vibrant compact cities with a cultural beat that might just surprise you.
General Information
Passengers can walk down the gangway onto the wharf to waiting transport. However, they cannot walk off the wharf through to the port. Passengers must be transported from the wharf by shuttle or approved transport.
Passengers must take a shuttle from the pier/wharf into town. There is no shuttle stop at the port gate. The shuttle back to the ship leaves from the i-SITE.
See above for details about shuttle services.
There are welcome ambassadors at the port who give out free city maps. The first shuttle stop is the Napier i-SITE, where ambassadors and the i-SITE team are available for all information.
City maps are available at the port and at the Napier i-SITE.
There is free Wi-Fi available throughout the city, but no Wi-Fi is available in the port.
There are two shuttle stops: one at the Napier i-SITE and another at the National Aquarium of New Zealand.
Napier i-SITE Visitor Information Centre: 100 Marine Parade, Napier South 4110 — 1.4 kilometres from the port.
The Napier i-SITE can arrange taxi pickups. Taxis are not allowed to access the port directly, and there’s no dedicated taxi stop at the port gate. Passengers must take the shuttle bus to and from the i-SITE or aquarium.
Ring 111 for all emergencies.
Visitor Information
- Gannet Safaris Overland
- Art Deco Trust
- Tākaro Trails
- National Aquarium of New Zealand
- Napier Botanical Gardens
- Par2 MiniGolf
- MTG Hawke’s Bay Museum
- Napier Municipal Theatre
- Pania of the Reef statue
- Napier Sound Shell and Colonnade
- Six Sisters houses
- Arataki Honey Centre
- National Tobacco Building
- Faraday Centre
- Hawke’s Bay Trails
- Hawke’s Bay wineries
- Napier Bluff Hill and Hospital Hill
- Napier Viewing Platform
- Te Mata Peak (Havelock North)
- Te Mata Peak
- Bell Rock
- Napier Bluff Hill and Hospital Hill
- Art Deco guided or self-guided walk
- Hawke’s Bay Trails
- Gannet Safaris Overland
- National Aquarium of New Zealand
- Tākaro Trails
- Napier Botanical Gardens
- Hawke’s Bay Trails
- Emmerson Street Napier: 1.4kms to Port
- Havelock North: 23kms to Port
- Hastings: 26kms to Port
- Exclusive art deco souvenirs
- Local wine: Must be shipped
- Artisan chocolate: Silky Oak
- Central Fire Station (Napier)
- Mister D Dining (Napier)
- Market Street (Napier)
- Matisse (Napier)
- Hunger Monger (Napier)
- Rasoi (Napier)
- K Kitchen (Napier)
- Mission Estate Winery (Taradale)
- Church Road Winery (Taradale)
- Craggy Range (Havelock North)
- Malo (Havelock North)
- Cellar 495 (Hastings)
