Hawke's Bay Travel Essentials
Ideal duration: 2-3 Days
Best Time: December - February
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"Wine, art, and coastal trails"
Hawke's Bay Tourism
Hawke’s Bay is also hugely popular as the site for New Zealand’s Art Deco scene. A huge earthquake rocked Hawke’s Bay during the 1930s and brought the region to its knees. The city was levelled by the earthquake but rebuilding of the crumbled ruins quickly started. The prevailing architectural design style of the time was the Art Deco movement, which became defined by its characteristic sleek and geometric proportions and stylings. All the crushed buildings that were being rebuilt were designed again with the Art Deco movement kept in mind. Most of these buildings were designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and were maintained well after they were rebuilt, giving Hawke’s Bay the feel that the town has been frozen in time.
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