Havelock North is a town in New Zealand, in the North Island's Hawke's Bay region. It ranked as a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local government saw it merged into the new Hastings District. Havelock North lies seven kilometres to the southeast of Hastings itself, and has a population of almost 9,500. It is generally the residence of metropolitan Hastings's wealthier people. The town, known locally as "the village", stands on the Heretaunga Plains, and has a reputation for its orchards, vineyards, and educational facilities. One of New Zealand's most important wine regions spreads around the town. The town's industry is based around its fruit and wine production, and includes a horticultural research centre. Havelock North is situated at the base of the prominent landmark Te Mata Peak, a 399-metre outcrop, which according to local Māori legend is the body of a giant, Te Mata o Rongokako. One of the town's most impressive buildings is Whare Ra, a house built for a temple of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the early twentieth century. Havelock North is generally hilly, as it is on the foothills of Te Mata Peak and small gullies have been formed by the creeks and streams flowing from Te Mata Peak, resulting in a small amount of inaccessible or steep land which is converted into forests, parks or reserves, giving the image of naturally having many bushes and trees. Havelock North took its name from Sir Henry Havelock, a hero of the Indian Mutiny campaign, thus keeping with the local habit of naming towns after prominent men from Imperial India. Its founders originally envisaged a larger town for the site, but when the Wellington-Napier rail line went through the area in 1874 it took a direct route some distance from Havelock North, and Hastings became a more logical choice for settlement.

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• Havelock North, New Zealand
• Hereworth School
• Havelock North Intermediate
• Havelock North High School
• Iona College (Havelock North)
• Karamu High School
• Splash Planet
• St John's College, Hastings
• Heretaunga Street
• Te Mata Peak
• Hastings Boys' High School
• Hastings, New Zealand
• Hastings, New Zealand
• Taikura Rudolf Steiner School