East Coast/Hawke’s Bay

This section of the Department of Conservation website provides information about parks and reserves in the region.

Hawke's Bay memorials

This page on nzhistory.net.nz offers a clickable map so users can see images and details of major memorials in Hawke's Bay.

Hawke’s Bay New Zealand

The website of Hawke’s Bay Tourism.

Hawke’s Bay Wine Makers

The website of Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers provides information about wine and wineries in the region.

Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

The website of the major iwi (tribe) of the Hawke’s Bay region.

Ngati Kahungunu – our people

A list of the many Ngāti Kahungunu marae in Hawke’s Bay.

The papers of Sir Donald McLean

This Alexander Turnbull Library website contains digital copies of papers of the 19th-century Hawke’s Bay politician.

Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal reports and Rangahaua Whānui project reports relating to Hawke’s Bay are available on this website.

Buchanan, J. D. H. The Maori history and place names of Hawke’s Bay. Wellington: Reed, 1973.

Cowie, Dean. Hawke’s Bay. Wellington: Waitangi Tribunal, 1996.

Dunlop, Beverly, and Kay Mooney. Profile of a province: Hawke’s Bay. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986.

McGregor, Robert. The Hawke’s Bay earthquake: New Zealand’s greatest natural disaster. Napier: Art Deco Trust, 1998.

Simpson, Mīria, ed. Ngā taumata: he whakaahua o Ngāti Kahunugnu = a portrait of Ngāti Kahungunu: 1870–1906. Wellington: Huia Publishers, National Library of New Zealand, Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated, 2003.

Wilson, J. G., and others. History of Hawke’s Bay. Christchurch: Capper Press, 1976 (originally published 1939).

Wright, Matthew. Hawke’s Bay: the history of a province. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1994.