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Hastings District, New Zealand

Hastings District
Territorial authority district
Hastings district within the North Island
Hastings district within the North Island
Coordinates: 39°38′42″S 176°50′35″E / 39.645°S 176.843°E / -39.645; 176.843
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay Region
Wards
  • Mohaka
  • Heretaunga
  • Flaxmere
  • Kahuranaki
  • Hastings-Havelock North
  • Māori
SeatHastings
Government
 • MayorSandra Hazlehurst
 • Deputy MayorTania Kerr
 • Territorial authorityHastings District Council
Area
[1]
 • Land5,226.71 km2 (2,018.04 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total92,000
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode(s)
Map of postcodes
Area code06
Websitewww.hastingsdc.govt.nz Edit this at Wikidata

Hastings District is a Territorial authority district within the Hawke's Bay Region, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It covers the southern half of the Hawke's Bay coast, excluding Napier City, which is a separate territorial authority. Hastings District Council is headquartered in the city of Hastings, the district's largest town.

The district has an area of 5,227 square kilometres.[3] The population was 92,000 as of June 2024[2], which is 1.7% of the population of New Zealand, ranking it tenth in population size out of the seventy-four territorial authorities. This comprises 52,200 people in the Hastings urban area, 14,900 people in the Havelock North urban area, 2,120 people in the Clive urban area, and 22,780 people in rural areas and settlements.

Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst was elected as mayor in a by-election in 2017,[4] and re-elected in the 2019 local elections.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Data Table | Territorial Authority 2020 Clipped (generalised) | Stats NZ Geographic Data Service". datafinder.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Hazlehurst 'incredibly proud' to be district's first female Mayor". Dominion Post. 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Election Results - Ngā whakatau pōtitanga". Hastings District Council. 2019.

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