Travel Reference
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HAWKE'S BAY
Hawke Bay, the name given to the body of water that stretches from the Mahia Peninsula to
Cape Kidnappers, looks like it's been bitten out of the North Island's eastern flank. Add an
apostrophe and an 's' and you've got a region that stretches south and inland to include fer-
tile farmland, surf beaches, mountainous ranges and forests. With food, wine and architec-
ture the prevailing obsessions, it's smugly comfortable but thoroughly appealing, and is
best viewed through a rosé-tinted wineglass.
