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New Strategy Strives For Sustainable Solutions To Hastings’ Housing Shortage
Friday, 5 February 2021, 4:32 pm | Hastings District Council
With one of the highest rates of housing deprivation in New Zealand, the current housing shortage in Hastings is one of the most pressing challenges facing the district. As of September last year, more than 637 people were on the housing register waiting ... More >>
Business Breakfast Series A Chance To Learn And Network
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 12:02 pm | Hastings District Council
A new Focus on Business breakfast series begins in Hastings this month, providing an opportunity for business owners and staff to learn, be inspired and network. Hosted by MC David (Toddy) Todd, the first event is to be held at Functions on Hastings ... More >>
Pick The Bay Is Back
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 9:28 am | Hastings District Council
The highly successful Pick the Bay employment expo is returning to Hastings. The drop-in session for job seekers wanting information on horticulture and viticulture jobs in Hawke’s Bay attracted more than 500 people through the doors last November. ... More >>
Youth Council Applications Open
Friday, 29 January 2021, 10:52 am | Hastings District Council
Applications for the Hastings District Youth Council have opened, an opportunity for young people to have a voice in local government. They Youth Council’s main roles are to give a youth perspective on issues and promote and encourage youth involvement ... More >>
Cross-park Pipe Installation Next Week
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 4:53 pm | Hastings District Council
The laying of pipes between the new Frimley water treatment and storage facility and the network pipes running along Frimley Rd will start on Monday. A 15-metre wide strip of the park, between the facility site and Frimley Rd, will be fenced off to ... More >>
Bumper Season For Splash Planet
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 2:21 pm | Hastings District Council
More than 100,000 people have poured into Splash Planet since it opened on November 16, making this one of its busiest seasons to date. With three days left to go, the month of January has already topped previous records for attendance, with 58,700 ... More >>
Focus On Survivors At 90th Anniversary Of Hawke’s Bay Earthquake In Hastings
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 9:58 am | Hastings District Council
Hastings district’s annual commemoration of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake takes on extra significance this year, the 90th anniversary of the event. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2101/fd9480c025d751171948.jpeg" ... More >>
Sister Cities For 40 Years: Guilin And Hastings Celebrate
Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:44 pm | Hastings District Council
Chinese lanterns at Osmanthus garden. In just over five weeks Hastings and Guilin, two sister cities almost exactly 10,000 kilometres apart [9975km], will celebrate a relationship that dates back 40 years. The ever-popular Lighting of the Osmanthus ... More >>
Full-time Job Offers Arise From Jobs For Heretaunga Initiative
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 3:56 pm | Hastings District Council
The Jobs for Heretaunga workers were presented with certificates by Topline Contracting to acknowledge the progress they had made on the job. Ten people who got jobs with Topline Contracting earlier this year, supported by the Government’s shovel-ready ... More >>
Community Planning For Eskdale Park Coming Up
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 10:07 am | Hastings District Council
A long-term plan for Eskdale Park will be developed over the next year, giving park users, neighbours and the wider community a say in its development and management. Hastings District Council approved the preparation of an Eskdale Park Reserve Management ... More >>
Historical landfill investigations painstaking work
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 3:08 pm | Hastings District Council
The first stage of the painstaking work to locate historical landfills in Hastings has been completed, with six small sites used to dispose of household refuse in the 1960s confirmed in Havelock North. More >>
Indoor Sports Facility Fees Waived
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 9:43 am | Hastings District Council
Users of Hastings District Council’s indoor sports facilities are to have their fees waived for six months in recognition of the financial impact of COVID-19. Many diverse groups use the Hastings Sports Centre and Flaxmere Community Centre for sports ... More >>
Free Hastings Public Art Tours To Be Held Weekly Over Summer
Monday, 7 December 2020, 12:02 pm | Hastings District Council
Public art is a prominent feature of Hastings’ city centre and public art walking tours are the perfect way to find out more about the installations and murals that add life and interest to the inner city. Run by Hastings City Art Gallery, the walks ... More >>
Sinking Lid Gambling Policy Aims To Reduce Problem Gambling Harm
Friday, 4 December 2020, 12:31 pm | Hastings District Council
A Hastings District Council hearings committee position to change to a sinking lid gambling policy for Hastings, in a bid to reduce the harm caused by problem gambling, will go to the full council for ratification next week. For the last three years, ... More >>
Multicultural Strategy Celebrates Hastings’ Diverse Community
Friday, 27 November 2020, 3:53 pm | Hastings District Council
It’s been two and a half years in the making and now the Hastings District Council Multicultural Strategy is a reality – the first of its kind for any council in the North Island. The strategy was adopted by Council last week, and has been developed ... More >>
Plan Delivered For Hawke’s Bay’s Seasonal Labour Shortage
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 10:33 am | Hastings District Council
A comprehensive plan has been handed to the government to address the critical seasonal labour challenges being faced by the horticulture and viticulture sectors in Hawke’s Bay due to COVID-19. Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst and Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise ... More >>
Taste Of Hastings Street Party
Monday, 23 November 2020, 4:09 pm | Hastings District Council
Taste of Hastings Food, festivity, entertainment and fun are all on the menu for the Taste of Hastings event taking place on Heretaunga St East on December 3. The street party is being held to celebrate Hastings being named the 2020 Keep New Zealand ... More >>
EAST 2020 A Snapshot Of Hawke’s Bay Artists’ Creativity
Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 4:04 pm | Hastings District Council
It’s been months in preparation, and this Friday Hawke’s Bay’s flagship biennial exhibition, EAST 2020, opens to the general public. This year’s collection includes photography, painting, ceramics, mixed media and sculpture, created by newcomers ... More >>
Top architecture award for Hawke’s Bay Opera House
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 12:18 pm | Hastings District Council
The Hawke’s Bay Opera House is the heart of Toitoi - Hawke’s Bay Arts and Events Centre in Hastings and its spectacular facelift has earned it this year’s NZ Institute of Architects Heritage award. More >>
Big Buzz At Flaxmere Night Market
Friday, 30 October 2020, 4:13 pm | Hastings District Council
Big crowd: Flaxmere turned out for the first Flaxmere Village Night Market. The buzz was amazing at Thursday night’s very first Flaxmere Night Market [Oct 29], with hundreds of happy people enjoying full-on action in the Flaxmere Village carpark. ... More >>
