
A view of Napier's Matisse Bar alight and colourful at dusk. Venue photographed during the Art Deco Festival event.











Napier's Art Deco Municipal Theatre, early morning. Photographed for new website

Craggy Range's Smoked Venison Rack dish with some pouring action


Craggy Range - table laden with dishes from the summer menu



One of the Craggy Range dining spaces that can be hired, with a view out to Te Mata Peak

A view of the underground cellar at Craggy Range Winery from the dining room

Helio Wines - Interior views with the 2022 vintage Chardonnay taking centre stage

Polishing bottles before boxing up for distribution

Helio Wines 2022 Chardonnay - Waxing the bottles is a family and friends affair





The clever people behind Helio Wines - Matt Kirby and Sarah Little

Elegant bottles of gin lined up on the tasting room's shelf at Hastings Distillers


Food offering at Hastings Distillers

A perfectly made gin at the Hastings Distillers Tasting Room


Central Firestation Bistro - staff setting up for service

A table setting in the Central Firestation's private dining room

A bird's eye view of a Central Firestation Bistro's menu item




Chefs plating up

St Georges Restaurant's summer menu, the fish dish at a table setting

St Georges Restaurant Manager, Aby throwing a wine bottle, for the camera.

Serving a dish to a hungry customer

St Georges Restaurant dining space with customers enjoying the ambiance

Meat dish being plated at table


Monica Loves after dark

Monica Loves draws a happy crowd

Wine and food pairing at Church Road Winery

A tasty glass of Church Road Chardonnay

Hands diving into a platter of nibbles at Church Road Winery

Wine pour at the Church Road Winery cellar door in Napier




Winemaker Jenny Dobson holding two of her wine variety's Fiano and Doris

Hawke's Bay winemaker Jenny Dobson at her Fiano vineyard

Napier's Botanical Garden - a study of flowers

Native plants flowering in the Botanical Gardens, Napier

Yummy platter of sandwiches from Bellatinos in Havelock North

A coffee fix served in Bellatino's keep cup

A bottle of Village Vineyards Rose in the vines

Rows of Village Vineyards vines

A basket of Hawke's Bay Omega plums

Ripe Hawke's Bay grapes on the vine

Central Hawke's Bay family enjoying the river

Father and son throwing stones riverside

Cyclists and families enjoying the Central Hawke's Bay suspended bridge

A dish from the Emporium's menu

An Emporium cocktail

A steak dish from the Emporium restaurant menu


Sheep dogs sitting on the back of an ATV

Backdoor family gumboots

























