Some of Hawke's Bay's leading business owners gathered for the first Hawke's Bay Wine Auction Sponsor Partnership function.
The auction, which supports Cranford Hospice, has been turned into a major vehicle for like-minded businesses to join and network together.
Yesterday 80 business owners met at Porters Boutique Hotel and Malo Restaurant in Havelock North.
The Sponsor Partnership Programme is in its third year and project manager Annabel Tapley-Smith said the continued business opportunities that the auction offered their sponsors was like no other in Hawke's Bay.
EuroCity marketing manager Kirsty Bewley said HBWA Platinum Partner EuroCity was honoured to be a sponsor of the auction's Sponsor Partnership Programme.