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Infrastructure a key focus of Plan On Thursday this week, Hastings district councillors will consider the 10-year draft Long Term Plan proposal for 20...
15 April 2024
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Anzac Day Hours 2024 Most Council services and facilities will be closed on Anzac Day although some will be open with reduced hours.
11 April 2024
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Civic Honours Awards nominations open Nominations are now open for Hastings District Council’s 2024 Civic Honours Awards.
11 April 2024
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Infrastructure a key focus of Plan
On Thursday this week, Hastings district councillors will consider the 10-year draft Long Term Plan proposal for 20...
15 April 2024
Read more
Anzac Day Hours 2024
Most Council services and facilities will be closed on Anzac Day although some will be open with reduced hours.
11 April 2024
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Civic Honours Awards nominations open
Nominations are now open for Hastings District Council’s 2024 Civic Honours Awards.
11 April 2024
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Full swing for stormwater recovery works in Havelock North
Work on the Havelock North streams in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle is continuing, with drone surveys and removal o...
9 April 2024
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Enjoy the beauty of the Osthmanthus Gardens Lantern Festival
Preparations are in full swing for the Osmanthus Gardens Lantern Festival that will bring a magic glow to Cornwall ...
5 April 2024
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Fluoride to be reintroduced to Hastings drinking water supply
After an eight-year hiatus, fluoride is to be reintroduced into Hastings’ main urban drinking water supply from n...
2 April 2024
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Plan Change 5 changes to be considered by hearing commissioners
Proposed district plan change ‘Plan Change 5: Right Homes; Right Place’ has now reached the hearing stage, with...
28 March 2024
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Further notice of by-elections - Heretaunga General Ward and Takitimu Māori Ward
The nomination period to fill the extraordinary vacancies for the Heretaunga General Ward and Takitimu Māori Ward ...
28 March 2024
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Public safety risk forces cancellation of Rainbow Storytime event
Disinformation being spread about an upcoming library programme has forced Hastings District Council to cancel a ch...
26 March 2024
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Joint Committee fully accepts Civil Defence Independent Review findings, commits to overhaul of Hawke’s Bay’s approach to civil defence
The Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group Joint Committee fully accepts all of the findings...
25 March 2024
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Public Notice - Proposal to stop area of legal road
Hastings District Council gives public notice pursuant to Part XXI of the Local Government Act 1974 (“the Act”)...
16 March 2024
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Hastings Youth Council 2024 appointed
Seventeen young people have been selected to represent Hastings’ younger residents on this year’s Hastings Yout...
15 March 2024
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Council carefully considering costs as LTP prepared
All Council spending is being carefully scrutinised by Hastings District Council as the district’s Long-term Plan...
15 March 2024
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Community feedback to be sought on Waimārama Beach safety proposals
After gathering feedback on beach safety on Waimārama Beach, Hastings District Council is about to go out to the c...
14 March 2024
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Public notice
Road Closure
13 March 2024
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From floor to roof, construction now in full swing
The construction of Hawke’s Bay’s new research and archives building, MTG Hawke’s Bay’s off-site storage fa...
13 March 2024
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Life-saving defibrillators being installed at community hubs
Post Cyclone-Gabrielle, a project to establish community emergency hubs in rural areas has been progressing well, t...
12 March 2024
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Hikanui Pā tree felling to begin
The removal of a stand of exotic trees at Hikanui Pā within Tainui Reserve is scheduled to begin on Monday, March ...
7 March 2024
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Tuia mentoring programme candidates selected
Two rangatahi have been selected for this year’s Tuia mayoral mentoring programme in Hastings, designed to nurtur...
5 March 2024
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Hastings and Napier unite for a healthier Hawke's Bay with Smokefree and Vapefree Policy
Hastings District and Napier City Councils are launching a joint education and marketing campaign to support their ...
29 February 2024
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Notice of by-elections - Heretaunga General Ward and Takitimu Māori Ward
By-elections are required to fill two extraordinary vacancies: one for the Heretaunga General Ward and one for the ...
28 February 2024
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Feedback sought on rural subdivision plan change
Public feedback is being called for on a proposal to change Hastings district’s subdivision rules for lifestyle p...
28 February 2024
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Public notice of Plan Change 6
Public notice of Plan Change 6 to the Hastings District Plan - Category 3 Lifestyle Subdivision Provisions for Disp...
24 February 2024
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Category 3 Buy-out Policy decision
Category 3 homeowners eligible for a voluntary buy-out will not be charged a contribution toward the cost of demoli...
20 February 2024
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Hastings by-elections
Two resignations from Hastings District Council will trigger a postal by-election in the district.
16 February 2024
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Public Notice
Since the weather event in February 2023, affected buildings in Hastings have been managed under sub part 6B of the...
16 February 2024
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A day of remembrance
An incredibly moving commemoration in Hastings Civic Square today [February 14] marked a year since Cyclone Gabriel...
14 February 2024
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Cyclone Gabrielle – a year on we stand together
This week marks a year since Cyclone Gabrielle devastated our region – taking the lives of loved ones, homes, liv...
12 February 2024
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Additional Government funding for Silt Recovery Taskforce provides boost to Hawke’s Bay’s recovery
Today’s announcement by central Government of a further $40m in funding for the Silt Recovery Taskforce is fantas...
11 February 2024
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Hastings to commemorate 1931 HB earthquake this weekend
Hastings district’s annual commemoration of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake is coming up this weekend, with the...
2 February 2024
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Public notice
HUTCHINSON DOMAIN COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
GRAZING OF PART OF HUTCHINSON DOMAIN
2 February 2024
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Hastings council calls for rethink on social housing management
With emergency housing need almost completely eliminated in Hastings, Hastings District Council is suggesting a ret...
2 February 2024
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No change to kerbside recycling from national roll-out
National standardised rules for kerbside recycling come into force across New Zealand from tomorrow – but in Napi...
1 February 2024
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Cyclone demolition decision waits on more information
Hastings District Council has today left a proposed change to the Cyclone Gabrielle Voluntary Buy-out Policy to ‘...
1 February 2024
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Councils to consider Cyclone Gabrielle buy-out policy change
A change to the Cyclone Gabrielle Category 3 Buy-out Policy to fix an anomaly will be considered by Hastings Distri...
30 January 2024
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Hawke’s Bay’s communities invited to stand together for the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle
Wednesday, 14 February this year marks the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle.
29 January 2024
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Public notice
PROPOSED LEASE OF CHATHAM PARK
27 January 2024
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Public notice
ROAD CLOSURE
26 January 2024
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Public notice
NOTICE OF IMPOUNDING AND PROPOSED SALE OF IMPOUNDED STOCK
25 January 2024
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Keirunga Homestead refurbishment paves way for community use
A recent refurbishment of Keirunga Homestead has secured the heritage building for the future, and made it more sui...
24 January 2024
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Visitors flock to Splash Planet
Splash Planet is proving a hot-ticket holiday destination this summer, and shaping up to have its busiest season ev...
22 January 2024
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HDC Essential Services
The change to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 allows some council functions to resume, but it won’t look much different fo...
31 March 2020
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