The Hawke's Bay Event Centre is a large facility offering an impressive seated grandstand, green fields, animal housing facilities, and large exhibition areas all set in beautiful spacious park-like grounds, which include a gorgeous lake in Waikoko Gardens. Hawke's Bay Showgrounds provides quality facilities on 42 hectares (100 acres) and features extensive parking facilities.

This facility is used for events such as:

• New Zealand's Horse of the Year
• The Annual Hawke's Bay Show (Chamber of Commerce Award Winner in 2002)
• Matariki Festival
• Hawke's Bay A&P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards
• Fiesta of Lights 

Our grounds are perfectly set-up to cater for:

• Lakeside Marquee Weddings
• Sports training
• Catering for very large gatherings requiring outside tenting requirements
• School and Family Reunions
• Equestrian Events
• Concerts
• Mega Sales
  

Situated right on the edge of Hastings City, accommodation is close by and travel to and from the cities of both Napier and Hastings is effortless.

The Showgrounds are blessed with plenty of space. This means that those who are exhibition, or supplying facilities such as food and refreshments, can be placed with ample room to trade. Families attending can always find a nice quiet area to take time out during the excitement of the days events.

The A&P Society can provide the perfect location, the right grounds, right facilities and professional staff to meet your event requirements.

The Venue

• The beautiful "Waikoko Gardens" lakeside setting
• The Exhibition Hall (52 x 18m)
• Under Grandstand facility (80 x 12m
• Waikoko Room (3rd floor of Grandstand)
  
• The Oval / Arena
  
• Grandstand seats 2500
  
• Horse area / stabling and yards
  
• Dog Trial Area
  
• Cattle Pavilion
  
• Sheep Pavilion #1
  
• Horse/Cattle Pavillion #2
  
• Shearing Shed
  
• Plentiful parking
  
• All situated on 42 hectares (100 acres of prime land) on outskirts of Hastings.