Back Hastings District, Nueva Zelanda CEB Hastings District (Neuseeland) German Hastings District, Nya Zeeland Swedish
Hastings District | |
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| 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 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 91,900 |
| 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 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 91,900 as of June 2023[2], which is 1.8% of the population of New Zealand, ranking it tenth in population size out of the seventy-four territorial authorities. This comprises 51,500 people in the Hastings urban area, 15,200 people in the Havelock North urban area, 2,090 people in the Clive urban area, and 23,110 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]
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Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
- ^ "Data Table | Territorial Authority 2020 Clipped (generalised) | Stats NZ Geographic Data Service". datafinder.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazlehurst 'incredibly proud' to be district's first female Mayor". Dominion Post. 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Election Results - Ngā whakatau pōtitanga". Hastings District Council. 2019.