Hive Cafe

About

For a coffee shop or café in North Island, Hive Cafe sits at 16 Rimu Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013, in a bayside suburb of the Wellington region.

Coffee and café fare are the mainstay here, with the counter serving drinks and light food through the day. The café has drawn a 4.3 out of 5 average from 365 reviews, a substantial tally that reflects steady trade. Wellington is the nearest of the nearby places, and the site at hivecafe.co.nz carries further detail.

Opening hours are part of the venue's setup, so it pays to look before travelling out to Eastbourne. Photographs of the café and its setting round out the online presence.

Seasons in New Zealand run opposite to the northern hemisphere, with summer from December to February and winter from June to August, so a December trip lands in the warmest weeks. English is the main language and te reo Māori is also official, so Māori place names appear throughout the country. Tūī, kererū and other native birds are common, and dolphins, fur seals and seabirds are seen around the coast. Polynesian settlers reached New Zealand around the thirteenth century, and British colonisation followed from 1840.