Editing Hastings, New Zealand (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Napier06.jpg|thumb|right|250px|NASA satellite photo of southern Hawke Bay, including Hastings and Napier]]
{{Main cat|People from Hastings, New Zealand}}

Notable residents of the Hastings metro area have included:

* [[Rita Angus]] - artist
* [[Donna Awatere Huata]] – former politician
* [[Geordie Beamish]] – 2024 [[World Indoor Athletics Championships]], [[1500 metres]] champion
* [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]] – Premier of Queensland, Australia
* [[Martin Campbell]] – TV and film director
* [[Alan Duff]] – author (''[[Once Were Warriors]]'') and co-founder of [[Duffy Books in Homes]]
* [[Georgina Evers-Swindell]] – Olympic rowing gold medalist
* [[Caroline Evers-Swindell]] – Olympic rowing gold medalist
* [[Robert Felkin]] – medical missionary, explorer and ceremonial magician
* [[Paul Holmes (broadcaster)|Paul Holmes]] – radio and television broadcaster
* [[Phil Judd]] – musician, composer and founding member of Split Enz
* [[Cobber Kain]] – first Allied fighter ace of WW2, 14 kills in the [[Battle of France]]  
* [[Josh Kronfeld]] – All Black rugby player who attended Hastings Boys High
* [[Liam Lawson]] - Formula One racing driver
* [[Ross McEwan]] - Former CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, now CEO of the National Australia Bank <ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.nab.com.au/news_room_posts/ross-mcewan-appointed-ceo-of-national-australia-bank/ |title=Ross McEwan Appointed CEO of National Australia Bank}}</ref>
* [[John McIntyre (racing driver)|John McIntyre]] - racing driver
* [[Alfred Meebold]] – botanist, writer, and anthroposopher
* [[Greg Murphy]] – V8 Supercar racer
* [[George Nēpia]] – All Black who attended Maori Agricultural College
* [[Mark Paston]] – New Zealand representative football goalkeeper
* [[Abe Phillips]] - lead singer of Hastings band, The Shadracks
* [[Bruce Robertson (rugby)|Bruce Robertson]] – All Black rugby player who attended Hastings Boys High
* [[Taine Randell]] – rugby player who captained the All Blacks and attended Lindisfarne College in Hastings
* [[Jason Reeves (radio broadcaster)|Jason Reeves]] – radio and television host who attended Karamu High School in Hastings
* [[Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Ian Smith]] – New Zealand representative cricketer
* [[John Timu (rugby)|John Timu]] – rugby player who represented New Zealand in rugby union and rugby league, and attended Lindisfarne College in Hastings
*[[Kirsten Warner]] – novelist, poet and journalist
* [[James Wattie]] – industrialist/entrepreneur and founder of [[Wattie's]]
* [[Joan Wiffen]] – amateur palaeontologist who discovered the first dinosaur fossils in New Zealand
* [[Chrissy Witoko]] – owner of the Evergreen Coffee Lounge, meeting place for Wellington's LGBTQIA+ community
* [[Eric Young (broadcaster)|Eric Young]] – Prime TV news presenter