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Place details
- Locality
- Hastings
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Country
- New Zealand / Aotearoa
- Population
- 88,300
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- New Zealand
- Island
- North Island
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Territorial authority
- Hastings District
- Settled by m ori
- c. 14th Century
- Settled by europeans
- c. 19th Century
- Mayor
- Sandra Hazlehurst
- Deputy mayor mp
- Tania Kerr, Catherine Wedd
- District
- 5,226.62 km (2,018.01 sq mi)
- Urban
- 26.29 km (10.15 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Density
- 16.9/km (43.8/sq mi)
- Urban density
- 1,890/km (4,910/sq mi)
- Postcode s
- 4120, 4122
- Website
- HastingsDC.govt.nz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 49000
- Area
- 24.43
- Elevation
- 11
- Official website
- www.hastingsdc.govt.nz
- Image
- Hastings Infobox Pic Montage.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hastings, New Zealand
- inception
- 1873-01-01
- native label
- Hastings
- P12749
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Article
Hastings (/ˈheɪstɪŋz/; Māori: Heretaunga, Māori pronunciation: [hɛɾɛˈtaʉŋa] ) is a city in New Zealand and one of the two major urban areas in Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island. The population of Hastings (including Flaxmere) is 49,800 (as of June 2025), with a further 15,000 people in Havelock North and 2,040 in Clive. Hastings is about 18 kilometres south of the coastal city of Napier. These two neighbouring cities are often called "The Bay Cities" or "The Twin Cities".
The city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District. Since the merger of the surrounding and satellite settlements, Hastings has grown to become one of the largest urban areas in Hawke's Bay.