Visiting Finance Minister Grant Robertson says despite a slowing global economy, Hawke's Bay continues to do well.
Grant Robertson was in the region on Tuesday, along with Wairarapa-based Labour MP Kieran McAnulty to speak with local community and business leaders.
He told Hawke's Bay Today that despite two of Hawke's Bay's major exports, forestry and dairy, struggling at the moment, the Hawke's Bay economy remains strong.
Forestry has seen a recent drop in prices, and Fonterra has announced it will be unable to pay its shareholders a dividend.
"The global market is the real driving force here and there definitely has been a slowing of the global economy.