Comments on: A South Pacific Tuscany?

By: Bren Faulknor-Murrell

Bren Faulknor-Murrell — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:02:52 +0000

Climate was certainly a big draw card for me personally. I came over here from Taranaki (which the locals refer to as Taradise) and immediately fell in love with the place. I was supposed to be here for 3 months and it’s only been 5 years so far. What a GREAT place to settle down to! Lots of my immediate family have ended up here too – my folks and my brother and sister-in-law. It’s just such a great place to live. Beautiful climate, huuuuuuge selection of wineries and just plain fun stuff to do and see. I can’t imagine calling anywhere else home now.

By: Diana Arnold

Diana Arnold — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:57:29 +0000

If you don’t know New Zealand you probably haven’t even heard of Hawke’s Bay; we moved here in Januay to Havelock North to start a new B&B business Havelock House – when we told firends where we were moving to New Zealand from Yorkshire we had to say Napier and the North Island of New Zealand – On many maps Hawke’s Bay isn’t even mentioned so there is a lot of work to do!

By: Bruce Emerson

Bruce Emerson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:22:16 +0000

Any promotion of H/Bay in recent times has tended to focus on lifestyle and climate. That might be a bit shallow as there is much more depth than that. Whilst the Bay is certainly a great place to live and play I often get the feeling, when dealing with big city business, that they don’t really take the provinces seriously as being capable of developing leading business. We need to promote great Bay people (champions) and great Bay businesses (success stories) alongside what everyone knows we already have (great lifestyle and climate).

By: George Miller

George Miller — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:29:21 +0000

Promotion!!
I think there needs to be a concerted effort made by the councils, by ‘Venture Hawke’s Bay’, by the MP’s etc to promote Hawke’s Bay as a viable place to live and work/own a business.
Fruitbowl is a good start, but we should all push for more visability.