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"California's Anti-Chinese Workingmen's Party was founded in San Francisco in 1877, resulting in the national Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "Bigots did everything they could to make it hard for Chinese to make a living in America. Yet out of their meager wages, Chinese workers often sent back money to help their loved ones in China."

Rain didn’t deter the 1500 people who turned up to celebrate the inaugural Harvest Hawke’s Bay festival on the edge of the Tukituki River on Saturday. Event...

Dozens of Hawke's Bay businesses will come together for a wine and food festival on the banks of the Tukituki River, a welcome celebration after the long clean-up following Cyclone Gabrielle.

Picture this - you are in the country on the edge of the Tukituki River, surrounded by wine and food. Oh, and you are with your friends and family enjoying...

It seems like everywhere you turn, the news about San Francisco just keeps getting worse. Or is it just the news we’re reading?

It seems like everywhere you turn, there’s news about San Francisco’s “doom loop.” But some locals and tourism industry members feel there’s a misconception of what’s really happening on the ground.

The countdown is on to Harvest Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s newest food and wine festival.