Editing Hawke's Bay (section)

== Culture and lifestyle ==

=== Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day ===
Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day is an annual day of celebration held on the Friday before Labour Day. It is celebrated throughout the old provincial boundaries of Hawke's Bay.[[File:Hawke's Bay winery.jpg|thumb|150x150px|Inside a Hawke's Bay winery]]

=== Media ===
The region is served by a variety of radio stations including Radio Kahungunu, The Hits 89.5, More FM, access station Radio Hawke's Bay (formally Radio Kidnappers) and local station Bay FM. As well, most of the national commercial and non-commercial operators have transmitters covering the region.
[[File:Himalayan cedar in Cornwall Park.jpg|thumb|Himalayan cedar in Cornwall Park|150x150px]]
[[File:Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand.jpg|thumb|Cape Kidnappers|150x150px]]
[[File:Sky Castle, Splash Planet, Hastings.jpg|thumb|150x150px|Splash Planet]]

=== Parks and nature ===
Hawke's Bay is home to numerous parks, forests, beaches and various other natural attractions.

Napier and Hastings are home to many parks, with major parks including Cornwall, Frimley, and Windsor Parks in Hastings, and Anderson Park, Park Island, Taradale Park and the Botanical Gardens in Napier.

Located in Windsor Park is [[Splash Planet]], an [[Amusement park|amusement]] and [[water park]] that is open in the summer.

[[Cape Kidnappers]], a headland at the south-eastern extremity of Hawke Bay, is a popular tourist attraction. The cape has been identified as an [[Important Bird Area]] due to being a breeding site for over 6500 pairs of [[Australasian gannet]]s.

=== Food ===
The [[Hawke's Bay wine region]] produces some of New Zealand's finest wines, celebrated together with local cuisine twice a year with the ''Food And Wine Classic'' festivals. These take place over several weekends in winter and ten days in summer, attracting thousands of visitors, many from overseas.<ref name="hbt-fawc">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11943259|title=Newcomers flock to 10-day Hawke's Bay Food and Wine Classic F.A.W.C!|last=Harfield|first=Ruby|date=13 November 2017|work=[[Hawke's Bay Today]] |access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>

=== Music ===
Napier is home to the Mission Concert held early each year since 1993. The event, held at the [[Mission Estate Winery]] in [[Taradale, New Zealand|Taradale]], has attracted performers such as [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Elton John]], [[Shirley Bassey]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[The B-52's]], [[Belinda Carlisle]], [[Ray Charles]], and [[Eric Clapton]]. The 2009 concert attraction was to be [[Lionel Richie]], but the concert was cancelled because of rain.

UK music artist Tycho Jones was staying in Hastings, Hawkes Bay when he was inspired to write the track Don't Be Afraid, produced by [[Jonathan Quarmby]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tycho Jones delivers on single-run finale with 'Don't Be Afraid' & Tychonaut EP|url=https://www.melodicmotif.com/writeups/tycho-jones-dont-be-afraid|last=Sawyer|first=Jack|date=9 May 2020|website=Musical Motif}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
The [[Hawke's Bay Rugby Union]]'s representative team, the Magpies, plays in New Zealand's annual professional domestic [[rugby union]] competition, the [[Mitre 10 Cup]]. The team represents the Hawke's Bay Region in provincial representative rugby, and draws its players from the constituent clubs who are affiliated to the provincial union. The team play their home matches in [[McLean Park]] in Napier. Players representing Hawke's Bay are also eligible to play for the [[Hurricanes (rugby union)|Hurricanes]] in the annual transnational [[Super Rugby|Super Rugby competition]]. Hawke's Bay has produced [[Hawke's Bay Rugby Union#Hawke's Bay All Blacks|a number of All Blacks]].

The [[Hawke's Bay Hawks]] compete in the [[National Basketball League (New Zealand)|New Zealand National Basketball League]].