Editing 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (section)

== Memorials ==
[[File:Hastings Clock Tower.jpg|thumb|The [[Hastings Clock Tower]] was built in 1935 to symbolise the recovery of the earthquake.]]
A [[common grave]] was created on 5 February 1931 to bury 101 of the earthquake's victims. Architect [[J. A. Louis Hay]] started designing a memorial for the site in 1932, which consists of an obelisk, a garden, the text "Their sun is gone down while it is yet day" and a written list of the victims known to be buried there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Napier Earthquake Memorial |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/napier-earthquake-memorial |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz}}</ref> [[Hastings Clock Tower|A clock tower]] memorial was built in Hastings in 1935, which serves the purpose of symbolising recovery rather than being a memorial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hastings clock tower memorial |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/hastings-clock-tower-memorial |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz}}</ref>

Hastings holds a commemoration every year on 3 February for the earthquake, which starts at 10.30{{Nbsp}}am and has clock towers ring at 10.47, which was the same time the earthquake struck.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earthquake Commemoration {{!}} Hastings District Council |url=https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/hastings/about-hastings/earthquake-commemoration/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=hastingsdc.govt.nz}}</ref>

The HMS ''Veronica'' Sunbay memorial is located on Marine Parade, which remembers the crew of the ship ''Veronica''. It was built in 1934 and named in 1937 after the ship was decommissioned. The ship's bell is used for community services. The council decided in 2024 that the memorial will be restored again after it was deemed potentially unsafe.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2024 |title=Sunbay repairs: Napier City Council to start restoration on HMS Veronica Memorial that honours 1931 quake heroes |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sunbay-repairs-napier-city-council-to-start-restoration-on-hms-veronica-memorial-that-honours-1931-quake-heroes/LKQPOJ7N2RE3XP26FIPMINVTNI/ |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref>