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Discover a Tukituki River swimming spot east of Waipawa, just below the Waipawa River confluence, and learn what to check before you dip in.

A quiet Central Hawke’s Bay beach on Shoal Beach Road, with a Good water quality grade and the northern entrance to Te Angiangi Marine Reserve.

A long golden beach near Pōrangahau with an Excellent water quality grade, swimming, storm-driven surf and a walk to the river mouth.

A Central Hawke’s Bay beach beside Te Angiangi Marine Reserve, with Good water quality, rock pools and winter surf.

A small Central Hawke’s Bay beach under big cliffs, with Good water quality, quiet surf and a low-tide walk to Waterfall Bay.

A Central Hawke’s Bay beach with a sheltered lagoon for little ones, quiet surf, rock pools, diving and summer camping.

Discover Crownthorpe, a quiet farming district west of Hastings, where vineyards, river country and local roads set the pace.

Discover a quiet Hawke's Bay seaside village where golden sand, a historic marae and weekender baches sit under Bare Island.

Explore Pūkahu on Te Aute Road, where farmland, Mount Erin and the traces of an old coaching settlement still mark a quiet Hastings fringe.

Explore orchard country on Hastings' eastern outskirts, where Te Karamū Stream and an old plains name still shape daily life.

Explore quiet farm country inland from Hastings, where a country primary school and rural roads set the pace of local life.

Explore open hill-country farms south of Havelock North, where a privately held sacred peak shapes the skyline and public access stops at the farm gate.