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Hastings revitalisation

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Hastings revitalisation

In the mid-1990s Hastings District Council began to revitalise the city’s central business district, which had become run-down and had empty shops. Heretaunga Street is the main shopping and business street. Its appearance was enhanced by new street furniture and lighting, refurbishment of the central pedestrian plaza (foreground) and the installation of sculptures and outdoor artworks.

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – Hastings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24205/hastings-revitalisation (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.