page_title: Hastings, New Zealand
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Hastings, New Zealand / Notable people
context_page_description: Hastings is a New Zealand city and is one of the two major urban areas in Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island. The population of Hastings is 45,000, with a further 13,950 people in Havelock North and 2,210 in Clive. Hastings is about 18 kilometres inland of the coastal city of Napier. These two neighbouring cities are often called "The Bay Cities" or "The Twin Cities".
  The city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District. Hastings District covers an area of 5,229 square kilometres and has 85,000 people, which is 1.7% of the population of New Zealand, ranking it fourteenth in size out of the seventy-four territorial authorities. Since the merger of the surrounding and satellite settlements, Hastings has grown to become one of the largest urban areas in Hawke's Bay.
  Hastings District is a food production region. The fertile Heretaunga Plains surrounding the city produce stone fruits, pome fruit, kiwifruit and vegetables, and the area is one of New Zealand's major red wine producers. Associated business include food processing, agricultural services, rural finance and freight.
context_section_description: Notable residents of the Hastings metro area have included:
  Rita Angus - artist
  Donna Awatere Huata – former politician
  Joh Bjelke-Petersen – Premier of Queensland, Australia
  Martin Campbell – TV and film director
  John Cowie – developed and marketed the Jandal, and died in Te Awanga
  Alan Duff – author (Once Were Warriors) and co-founder of Duffy Books in Homes
  Georgina Evers-Swindell – Olympic rowing gold medalist
  Caroline Evers-Swindell – Olympic rowing gold medalist
  Robert Felkin – medical missionary, explorer and ceremonial magician
  Paul Holmes – radio and television broadcaster
  Phil Judd – musician, composer and founding member of Split Enz
  Cobber Kain – first Allied fighter ace of WW2, 14 kills in the Battle of France
  Sam Kelt – businessman and sponsor of the Kelt Capital Stakes
  Josh Kronfeld – All Black rugby player who attended Hastings Boys High
  Ross McEwan - Former CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, now CEO of the National Australia Bank 
  Alfred Meebold – botanist, writer, and anthroposopher
  Greg Murphy – V8 Supercar racer
  George Nepia – All Black who attended Maori Agricultural College
  Mark Paston – New Zealand representative football goalkeeper
  Abe Phillips - lead singer of Hastings band, The Shadracks
  Bruce Robertson – All Black rugby player who attended Hastings Boys High
  Taine Randell – rugby player who captained the All Blacks and attended Lindisfarne College in Hastings
  Jason Reeves – radio and television host who attended Karamu High School in Hastings
  Ian Smith – New Zealand representative cricketer
  John Timu – rugby player who represented New Zealand in rugby union and rugby league, and attended Lindisfarne College in Hastings
  James Wattie – industrialist/entrepreneur and founder of Wattie's
  Joan Wiffen – amateur palaeontologist who discovered the first dinosaur fossils in New Zealand
  Eric Young – Prime TV news presenter
caption: NASA satellite photo of southern Hawke Bay, including Hastings and Napier
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