Big weekend of events in Bay

It wasn’t justGuy Fawkes Night lighting up the Bay this weekend, as packed events popped up across Napier and Hastings.

Six60 brought their slice of home to Napier and hit a home run out of McLean Park for the Six60 Saturdays concert.

The event attracted about 20,000 people to McLean Park, according to Heidi Ettema of Broken Record.

That makes it the largest concert the venue has hosted since Split Enz in 1984, and the first one to nearly fill the venue.

A police spokeswoman said there were no significant incidents during the event and everything proceeded well.

About 3000 participants took place in the Iron Ma¯ori Quarter and Half triathlon events on Saturday.

Scott Harpam came first in the individual Half event with a time of 3:52:17s. Michael Tong placed first in the individual Quarter event with a time of 2:13:33s.

Taste Hastings also took place on Friday, attracting foodies and aspiring wine connoisseurs to enjoy the fare Hawke’s Bay has to offer with a selection of wines from 25 pop-up wineries.

The Ovation of the Seas, with a 4500-passenger capacity, returned to Napier to continue the cruise ship season, which resumed for the first time since 2020 last week.

Photo / Paul Taylor Sheila and Aimee Argent from Omaranui at the Taste Hastings food andwine event on Friday along Heretaunga St East and the surrounding block.

Photo / Paul Taylor About 20,000 people attended the Six60 Saturdays concert atMcLean Park, with a line-up that also featured Drax Project, Sons of Zion, Coterie and Paige.

Photo / Paul Taylor Six60 Saturdays concert atMcLean Park was the biggest since Split Enz in 1984.

Photo / Paul Taylor Brock Te Rangi and Kiah McCorkindale, fromWairoa, at the Six60 Saturdays concert at McLean Park in Napier.

Photo / Paul Taylor Matiu Walters of Six60.