The fifth annual Hawke's Bay 'Big Easy' cycling event set to be staged over Easter may have just adopted a new title - the Bigger Easy.
As well as having grown to take in three days of cycling the trails of Hawke's Bay, the three councils which worked in with Hawke's Bay Tourism to develop and run the original event, which were then joined to by a fourth council three years ago, have now been joined by a fifth.
The Wairoa District Council has now climbed into the saddle, joining the Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, the Hawke's Bay Regional Council and the Central Hawke's Bay District Council and will be staging one of the three rides planned - the Little Easy North Ride.
Hawke's Bay Tourism general manager Annie Dundas said she was delighted at the arrival and input of the Wairoa District Council as it meant the increasingly popular event now covered a wider slice of the Bay.
"This is our fifth year and it continues to grow," she said.