Hastings District, New Zealand
Hastings District | |
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Territorial authority district | |
Hastings district within the North Island | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′42″S 176°50′35″E / 39.645°S 176.843°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Hawke's Bay Region |
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| Seat | Hastings |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sandra Hazlehurst |
| • Deputy Mayor | Tania Kerr |
| • Territorial authority | Hastings District Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 5,226.71 km2 (2,018.04 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 89,200 |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode(s) | |
| Area code | 06 |
| Website | www |
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 includes the southern half of the Hawke Bay coast, excluding Napier City, which is under 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. The population was 89,200 as of June 2024, 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 50,200 people in the Hastings urban area, 15,150 people in the Havelock North urban area, 2,080 people in the Clive urban area, and 21,770 people in rural areas and settlements.
Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst was elected in a by-election in 2017, and re-elected in the 2019 election.