Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
InterCity buses can be booked online or at the i-SITE, and depart from the
Clive Square Bus
Stop
. Services run daily to Auckland ($82, 7½ hours) via Taupo ($33, two hours); Gis-
borne ($43, four hours) via Wairoa ($27, 2½ hours); and Wellington ($40, 5½ hours); plus
four daily services to Hastings ($22, 30 minutes).
Naked Bus daily destinations include Wellington ($20, 5½ hours) via Palmerston North
($10, 2½ hours); and Auckland ($25, eight hours) via Taupo ($10, two hours).
Getting Around
Most key sights in the city are reachable on foot, or you can speed things up by hiring a
bicycle from Fishbike (
Click here
)
.
BUS
goBay
( 06-878 9250;
www.hbrc.govt.nz
)
local buses (fitted with bike racks!) run many times
daily between Napier, Hastings and Havelock North. Napier to Hastings (adult/child
$5.20/2.80) takes 30 minutes (express) or 55 minutes (all stops). Buses depart Dalton St
Bus Stop.
CAR
See
www.rentalcars.com
for car-hire deals with companies at Hawke's Bay Airport, in-
cluding the big brands and local outfits.
Rent-a-Dent
(
0800 736 823, 06-834 0688;
8am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 1pm Sat)
is also at the airport.
www.napiercarrentals.co.nz
;
Hawke's Bay Airport;
TAXI
A city-to-airport taxi costs around $22.
Hawke's Bay Combined Taxis
(
0800 627 437, 06-835 7777;
www.hawkes-bay.bluebubbletaxi.co.nz
)
Super Shuttle
( 06-835 0055, 0800 748 885;
www.supershuttle.co.nz
; 1 way $20, extra person $5)
Airport to
Napier door-to-door.
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Hastings, Havelock North & Around
POP 73,250
Positioned at the centre of the Hawke's Bay fruit bowl, busy Hastings is the commercial
hub of the region, 20km south of Napier. A few kilometres of orchards still separate it
