City profile · New Zealand · Oceania
Hastings
Hawke's Bay Region · New Zealand
City population
88,300
#11
in New Zealand
#1
in Hawke's Bay Region
#6,532
worldwide
-39.638, 176.849 · 254 km from Wellington
About Hastings
Hastings is a city in Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand with a population of 88,300. It is the 11th largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in New Zealand, and the 6,532nd largest worldwide. It lies 254 km from Wellington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Hawke's Bay Region
Rank in region
#1of 2
Coordinates
-39.638, 176.849
Record updated
5 May 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 47 in New ZealandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.