The projects and people nominated for the eight categories at the Hawke's Bay Heritage Awards have been announced.
Organisers say the "significant new regional showcase" is designed to recognise and celebrate those whose talents and energies preserve Hawke's Bay's heritage landscape.
"The people who called Te Matau a Māui/Hawke's Bay home in the past have left their mark on the place we all call home today through their sites of significance, the places they built, the artefacts they left behind and the stories they told," said Jeremy Smith, heritage manager for the Art Deco Trust and one of the organisers of the event.
"Their legacies gift us today our sense of place, our sense of belonging and our sense of identity. They tell the stories of our past and our progress as a region.
"The Hawke's Bay Heritage Awards are the opportunity to recognise the hugely talented people and organisations throughout Hawke's Bay who preserve and conserve this vital heritage for all of us to enjoy and experience."
