PARKS & RESERVES

Hastings district has over 160 reserves and open spaces, including city, neighbourhood and rural playgrounds, sports fields and parks, to natural green spaces and road reserves. There are more than 55 hectares of sports fields, 185 hectares of reserves, 160 hectares of domains, 10 hectares of gardens and shrub beds and some 8,000 trees!

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SCHOOLS, SPORTS, CHURCHES & RELIGIOUS CENTRES

Hastings City has over 20 schools within the city and surrounding neighbourhood and over 50 across the district, including Primary, Intermediate, Secondary and Special Needs Schools. Hastings also caters to those who are sports mad; With a new Sports Park as well as many different sports clubs across Rugby, League, Netball, Cricket, Badminton, Taekwon-do and more! If you’re looking for a Place of Worship, Hastings proves to be diverse and all-inclusive with a number of Churches, Mosques and Temples.

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GETTING TO HASTINGS

BUSES

Intercity runs buses across NZ into Hastings while Go Bay has great local buses to get you to Hastings from Napier and back.

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DRIVING

The heart of Hawkes’ Bay, Hastings, is an easy drive from most locations within NZ. Only 2 hours from Taupo and Palmerston North, 3 hours from Gisborne and 4 hours from Wellington.

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FLYING

Hawke’s Bay is a short flight from all locations within New Zealand, and only 20-30 minutes drive from the Hawke’s Bay Airport (as per above driving directions) and is serviced by Air New Zealand.

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