Category: Rural Settlements and Plains Communities

Discover Crownthorpe, a quiet farming district west of Hastings, where vineyards, river country and local roads set the pace.

Explore Pūkahu on Te Aute Road, where farmland, Mount Erin and the traces of an old coaching settlement still mark a quiet Hastings fringe.

Explore orchard country on Hastings' eastern outskirts, where Te Karamū Stream and an old plains name still shape daily life.

Explore quiet farm country inland from Hastings, where a country primary school and rural roads set the pace of local life.

Explore open hill-country farms south of Havelock North, where a privately held sacred peak shapes the skyline and public access stops at the farm gate.

Head to a quiet rural locality west of Hastings, where vineyard country, a hill reserve and open views sit beside State Highway 50.

Discover a quiet rural hillside above the Tukituki, where lifestyle blocks, pasture and wide views toward Hawke Bay sit side by side.

Explore Poukawa, a quiet farming settlement south of Hastings, where a shallow lake and open plains set the scene.

Explore Omahu, a Hastings plains village where marae life, river country and rural roads shape a quiet community.

Explore Pakowhai on the Heretaunga plains, where working orchards, river stopbanks and a well-used dog park shape a quiet rural settlement.