New Zealand - Hastings - Rebuilt after the 3 February 1931 earthquake - Westerman and Co. on Russell Street, traffic crossing railway line along Heretaunga Street - Clock tower on right Hastings District Economy - One of the largest apple, pear and stone fruit producing areas in New Zealand - An important relationship with the Napier Port - Has also become an important grape growing and wine production area - An important service centre for the agriculture and pastoral output of the predominantly rural Hastings District - Shopping is heavily weighted by large format retail in Hastings City Hastings - One of the two major urban areas in Hawke's Bay - The population of Hastings is 70,600 (2018) - About 18 kilometres inland of the coastal city of Napier - The administrative centre of the Hastings District - 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. Reference: Wikipedia Image source: Clock Tower Hastings https://knowledgebank.org.nz/still_image/clock-tower-hastings/?searchterm=streets Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.