Hawke's Bay residents empty $1.3 million from wallets on Boxing Day 29 Dec, 2020 12:20 AM 2 minutes to read People flock to Napier's CBD on Boxing Day 2020. Photo / Paul Taylor Hawke's Bay's Boxing Day spending was down slightly on last year, the latest figures from electronic transaction company Paymark show. Paymark figures for core retail merchants excluding food, liquor and hospitality show $1.3 million was spent in Hawke's Bay this Boxing Day. Read More Nationally, spending on Boxing Day was down 2.2 per cent on the previous year, to $62.2m. Advertisement The two days prior to Christmas Day was up 10.4 per cent on last year for the same group of merchants.