Hastings District Council
Community Organisation
Community Organisation
Local authority for the Hastings District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Hastings District Council is made up of one mayor and 14 councillors, the latter elected from across five wards. Council also has a Rural Community Board, made up of four members elected from four rural community areas.
Hastings is made up of three main urban areas, Havelock North, Hastings and Flaxmere, with a number of smaller rural and beachside urban areas including Clive, Te Awanga, Haumoana and Waimarama.
The Hastings District Council’s administrative area (5229 kilometres2) is bounded to the north by Wairoa, to the east by Napier, to the south by Central Hawke’s Bay, and to the west by Rangitikei.