Hastings District Community
Profile
For the Community Response Model Forum
15 November 2012
Hastings District at a glance
There were an estimated 75,500 people resident in Hastings District in 2011. There has been steady
population growth since 2001 Census, with projected growth over the next decade.
In 2006 the median age was 36 years (compared with 35 nationally). Children under 15 years accounted for
24% of the population, slightly higher than national averages. Young people aged 15 to 29 years were
fewer in proportion than nationally.
Hastings District is less ethnically diverse than the country as a whole with European accounting for 67%,
similar to national average. Māori made up 24% of Hastings population, considerably larger than national
average of 15%. The most commonly affiliated Iwi is Ngati Kahungunu.
The most common family grouping is couples with children at 40% (42% nationally). Couples without
children made up 38% (40% nationally) and One parent families made up 21% (18% nationally).
Hastings District has an above-average level of socio-economic deprivation (2006) with 16% of residents
living in decile 10 areas (most deprived). There are greater than average numbers clustered in deciles 7
and 9 areas, 12% and 11% respectively.
The poorest people are most likely to live in Camberley, Kingsley - Chatham and Flaxmere East (averaged
at decile 10). Anderson Park and Hastings Central averaged 9 (in 2006).
Median personal incomes were less than national averages by 8%. Household incomes were 10% lower
than national averages. Māori earned less than non-Māori on average and Māori in Hastings District
earned less on average, to Māori across NZ.
In 2006 67% of the population over 15 years were employed (65% nationally) with 77% working full time. In
2011 the largest numbers of employees were in agriculture, forestry and fishing followed by manufacturing,
health care and social assistance.
Around 76% of the district’s 0-4 year olds were on regular early childhood rolls in 2010 higher than the 61%
nationally.
31% of Hastings adults had no formal education qualification in 2006 (25% NZ) and another 34% had a
school qualification as their highest attainment (35% nationally).
In 2010, 4% of Hastings school leavers left without formal attainment, same as nationally. 54% of school
leavers enrolled in tertiary education immediately after leaving school (59% nationally).
There is a younger pattern of childbearing in Hastings District with 56% of live births to women under 30
years between 2002 and 2011 (49% nationally).
10% of live births between 2002 and 2011 were by teen mothers (versus 7% nationally).
In 2011, 21% of new Plunket client babies in Hastings were born into decile 10 homes. Another 25% were
born into decile 8 or 9 homes. Plunket saw around 85% of the districts newborns that year.
An estimated 93% of children in Plunket client families were fully immunised in 2011 (85% nationally).
The Hastings District crime rate was higher than nationally in each year from 2007 to 2011. Theft and
related offences is the most common offence type followed by unlawful entry with intent / burglary, breaking
and entering.
Recorded family violence offences were consistently higher than national averages between 2007 and
2011. Assault was the most common family violence offence, followed by disorderly conduct and breaches
of violence and non-violence restraining orders.
This profile was compiled in June 2012 by Family and Community Services, Ministry of Social
Development, Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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Contents
Hastings District at a glance……………………………………………………………....2
1.0
Hastings District and Community Outcomes…………………………………..6
1.1
1.2
2.0
The Community……………………………………………………………………...
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
3.0
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
Ethnic diversity
Support to stay on track
Help for students
Limited Services Volunteers
Youth Service
Job Streams
Employment and occupation
Income Support
Cigarette smoking
Suicide
Youth offending
Older People…………………………………………………………………………
4.1
4.2
5.0
Population
Ethnic Diversity
Māori population and Iwi affiliation
Te Reo Māori
Overseas born
Age distribution
Age distribution of Māori
Families
Household size and composition
Births and teen mothers
Young People……………………………………………………………………….
3.1
3.2
4.0
Community Outcomes
Whānau Ora
New Zealand Positive Ageing Strategy
Ministry of Social Development’s East Coast Regional Plan
Health…………………………………………………………………………………
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
Life expectancy
Plunket WellChild immunisation
Mental health
Cigarette smoking
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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6.0
Economic Wellbeing………………………………………………………………
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
7.0
Housing………………………………………………………………………………
7.1
7.2
7.3
8.0
Socio-economic deprivation
Personal income
Income levels of Māori
Household income
Household facilities
Employment, industry and occupation
Labourforce participation in 2006
Employment in 2011
Employment of Māori in 2006
Industry
Occupation
Location of employment
Travel to work
Work for young people
Income support
People aged 65 years and over
People aged 18 to 64 years
Young people
Accommodation supplement
Tenure
Home ownership of Māori
Rents
State housing
Education…………………………………………………………………………….
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
Early childhood education
Hastings District schools and educational qualifications
School profiles
Qualifications
Qualifications of Māori
Leaving school with formal attainment
Truancy, stand downs, suspensions, exclusions, expulsions
Truancy
Stand downs and suspensions
Exclusions and expulsions
Early leaving exemptions
Tertiary education destinations
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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9.0
Justice……………………………………………………………………………….
9.1
9.2
9.3
10.0
Recorded criminal offences
Apprehensions
Apprehensions by ethnicity
Apprehensions by offence type
Apprehensions by young people
Resolution of apprehensions
Family violence
Family violence apprehensions by ethnicity
Protection orders
Referrals to domestic violence programmes
Child Youth and Family
References……………………………………………………………………………...
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1.0
Hastings District and Community Outcomes
Hastings District takes its name from its main town, but occupies a sizeable portion of the
Hawke’s Bay Region on the eastern side of the North Island. Bounded to the east by Pacific
Ocean (and Napier City), the district has four other territorial neighbours: Wairoa District to
the north east, Taupo District to the north west, Rangitikei District to the west and Central
Hawke’s Bay District to the south.
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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1.1
Community Outcomes
In 2009 the Hastings District Council, through the Long Term Plan process developed the
following specific community objectives to guide Council activity. These objectives direct
Council contribution to community wellbeing and form the Hastings District Community
Outcomes:

Resources we need - A nurtured environment for future generations through the care,
protection and best use of resource.
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Where we live - Neighbourhoods which provide a safe, healthy, vibrant and attractive
place to live and work.
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Our lifestyle and people - A place full of life, opportunities and activities, where we
work together, have fun and embrace the diversity of our people.

Moving around - Safe enjoyable, quick, and clean transport options that will enable our
communities to stay connected.

Our economy - Shared economic prosperity, built on traditional strengths, new
opportunities and the development of our people.
Whānau Ora
1.2
Whānau Ora is a way of working that will contribute to many of the above stated Community
Outcomes. Whānau Ora provides practical, community-based support to whānau so they can
be self-managing and determine their own economic, cultural and social development. The
primary focus is on achieving best outcomes for whānau through the development of whānau
leadership and integrated whānau-centred service delivery.
To support the implementation of Whānau Ora, a Regional Leadership Group provides
strategic advice on policy priorities and ensures coordination across government agencies
and key stakeholders.
Whānau Ora is led by Te Puni Kōkiri in partnership with Ministry of Social Development (MSD)
and Ministry of Health. MSD is contributing to Whānau Ora in two ways:

Leading the integration of contracts which selected providers or collectives have with
other agencies, and

Supporting the operation of Regional Leadership Groups to lead strategic change for
Whānau Ora in the ten current Te Puni Kōkiri regions. Representatives from the
community sit alongside local agencies so that Whānau Ora reflects the local priorities
and knowledge of each area.
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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2.0
The Community
2.1
Population
At the time of the 2006 Population Census, Hastings District was home to 70,840 people, a
5.1% increase on the 2001 usually-resident total. That growth was less than the 7.8%
increase nationally, but it followed a much smaller 1.7% increase in the district between the
1996 and 2001 censuses.
The 41 area units making up Hastings District are listed on the following page in order of
population in 2006, along with their 1996 and 2001 usually-resident totals. Three of the
district’s area units were home to over 4,000 people in 2006, five area units contained
between 3,000 and 3,999 people, and another seven area units had between 2,000 and
2,999.
While Akina maintained its status as Hastings’ most populous area unit in 2006, its population
dropped slightly between 2001 and 2006. Across the district, the largest numerical increase
between 2001 and 2006 occurred in Te Mata (almost 1,290 more people or an almost 74%
growth rate). Around 230 people were added to the Clive area unit, Mahora gained around
220, Sherenden-Puketapu grew by around 210, Havelock Hills by 200, Lochain and Iona by
180, Waimarama by 170, Mayfair by 140, and Frimley by around 120.
The largest losses in population were recorded by Tutira (60), Whanawhana (40), Twyford
(30) and Puketitiri, Pakowhai, Hastings Central and Akina (all around 20).
Aside from the exceptional growth in Te Mata, the largest proportionate increases in
population between 2001 and 2006 occurred mainly in smaller area units.
Over the five year period, Havelock Hills’ population grew by 37%, Waimarama by 20%, Clive
by 17%, Irongate by 16% and Waiohiki by 12%.
The largest proportionate falls in population were recorded in Whanawhana (13%) and Tutira
(8%).
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Usually-resident population of Hastings District area units,
1996, 2001 and 2006
Akina
Raureka
Mayfair
Flaxmere East
Mahora
Havelock North Central
Parkvale
Te Mata
Kingsley-Chatham
Lochain
Hastings Central
Iona
St Leonards
Sherenden-Puketapu
Haumoana
Camberley
Clive
Frimley
Anderson Park
Poukawa
Maraekakaho
Bridge Pa
Twyford
Waimarama
Karamu
Te Mata Hills
Longlands South
Whakatu
Havelock Hills
Pakipaki
Tangoio
Tutira
Pakowhai
Eskdale
Irongate
Brookvale
Omahu
Waiohiki
Puketitiri
Whanawhana
Woolwich
Total
1996
4,167
3,891
3,960
3,978
3,501
2,898
2,988
1,548
3,153
2,835
2,970
2,580
2,784
1,923
2,121
2,091
1,377
1,458
1,518
1,299
957
1,014
1,068
813
924
870
846
843
486
651
540
720
603
570
465
519
432
264
324
279
42
66,279
2001
4,311
4,173
4,032
3,861
3,543
3,021
3,012
1,752
2,967
2,769
2,946
2,661
2,763
2,226
2,169
1,965
1,350
1,407
1,497
1,212
1,083
1,068
1,098
849
981
912
882
834
546
642
618
708
615
573
465
495
423
306
357
285
48
67,425
2006
4,293
4,173
4,170
3,903
3,765
3,087
3,057
3,039
2,952
2,949
2,925
2,841
2,793
2,433
2,202
1,992
1,581
1,524
1,497
1,302
1,143
1,101
1,068
1,020
966
939
921
843
750
663
660
648
594
585
540
528
408
342
336
249
45
70,839
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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Statistics New Zealand estimates that in mid-2011, the resident population of Hastings District
stood at 75,500.
With a population of 4,450, Akina was still the most populous area unit but the order of some
other area units had changed a little: Mayfair (4,390), Raureka (4,300), Mahora (4,050),
Flaxmere East (4,020), Te Mata (3,600), Havelock North Central (3,230), Kingsley-Chatham
and Lochain (3,130 each), and Parkvale (3,050).
The latest projections from Statistics New Zealand are for Hastings District’s resident
population to be 78,600 in 2021, rising to 80,500 by 2031.1
2.2
Ethnic diversity
Hastings District is less ethnically diverse than the country as a whole. At the 2006 Census:2

67% of the district’s population identified as ‘European’, similar to the 68% nationwide.

Māori made up almost one quarter (24%) of Hastings’ population, a considerably
larger proportion than the 15% nationally.
12% of the district’s residents specified ‘New Zealander’ as their ethnic group (11%

nationally).
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Other ethnic groups were under-represented in the district with 5% of residents
identifying as Pacific Peoples (7% nationally); a little under 3% identifying as an Asian
ethnic group (9% nationally); and 0.5% of residents identifying as other ethnicities
(around half the national proportion).
Ethnic group (excluding 'European' and 'New Zealander'), 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of
resident population
30
All New Zealand
Hastings District
25
20
15
10
5
0
Māori
Pacific Peoples
Asian
Other
Ethnic group
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
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These population projections assume medium rates of fertility, mortality and migration.
Percentages total more than 100 because an individual can identify with more than one ethnic group and all
are counted.
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The maps on the next three pages show where Māori, Pacific and Asian peoples were
resident across the District as at Census 2006.
Refer to the next section “Māori population and iwi affiliation” also.
Refer to the section titled Young People for information about the ethnicities of youth.
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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This profile was compiled in November 2012 by Family and Community Services, Ministry of Social
Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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Māori population and Iwi affiliation
The table below lists the most numerous iwi identified by people of Māori descent in Hastings
District at the time of the 2006 Census. Ngāti Kahungunu was by far the largest with around
8,560 affiliates. That was followed by Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Tūhoe.
Main iwi identified by people of Māori descent living
in Hastings District, 2006
Iwi
Ngāti Kahungunu total
Count
8,559
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga
Ngāti Kahungunu, region unspecified
3,714
2,568
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa
1,797
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua
Ngāti Porou total
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Porou ki Harataunga ki Mataora
Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi ki Whaingaroa-Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tūhoe
Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu
Ngāti Raukawa total
237
177
54
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2,694
2,643
51
1,368
1,365
3
1,293
1,143
831
495
Ngāti Raukawa (Horowhenua/Manawatū)
243
Ngāti Raukawa, region unspecified
150
Ngāti Raukawa (Waikato)
Ngāti Maniapoto
102
483
Rongomaiwahine (Te Māhia)
Te Arawa
444
423
Te Arawa
Te Arawa/Taupō (Rotorua/Taupō) Region, not further defined
Don’t know
Number of people who answered 2006 Census iwi question
378
45
2,361
16,542
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Note: People could specify more than one iwi affiliation and all were counted.
Of the 16,540 Māori descendants in Hastings District who answered the iwi question in the
2006 census, 14% did not know their iwi – a lower proportion than the 17% nationally.
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Te Reo Māori
In 2006, 4,800 Hastings District residents reported being able to hold a conversation in te reo
Māori (3% of all Māori language speakers in the country). Speakers of te reo equated to 7% of
the district’s population – a higher proportion than the 4% nationally.
Hastings District Māori are more likely to speak the Māori language than Māori nationally. In
2006, 27% of the district’s Māori residents could speak te reo compared with 24% across the
country. Around 1% of Hastings’ non-Māori residents were Māori speakers – the same as
across the country.
Because of population numbers, most of the Māori people who can speak Māori in Hastings
District are young (53% were aged under 30 in 2006). However, generally, the older Māori
people are, the more likely they are to be speakers of te reo. In 2006, one fifth (20%) of Māori
aged under 10 were able to speak Māori. The proportion rose to 26% of 10-19 year olds, 29%
of Māori in their 20s, 30s and 40s, 31% of those in their 50s, 38% of Māori in their 60s and
51% of Māori aged 70 and over. The graph below shows that the proportion of Hastings Māori
who spoke Māori in 2006 exceeded the national proportion in almost every age group.
Proportion of Māori people able to speak Māori by age, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of each age group
60
All New Zealand
Hastings District
50
40
30
20
10
0
Under 10
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 and over
Age group (years)
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Overseas born
In 2006, 14% of Hastings’ residents were born overseas compared with 23% nationally. New
Zealand’s most common overseas birthplace – the UK and Ireland – was also the district’s,
accounting for 5% of residents (7% nationally).
As might be expected from the ethnic make-up of the population, Asia and the Pacific Islands
were the most under-represented overseas birthplaces (each with 2% of the district’s
population compared with a little under 7% born in Asia nationally and 4% born in the Pacific
Islands).
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2.3
Age distribution
Hastings’ population is slightly older than average, with a median age of 36 years in 2006
compared with 35 nationally. Children under the age of 15 years were slightly overrepresented in the district, making up 24% of the population compared with 22% nationally. In
contrast, those aged 15-29 years made up 18% of the population compared with 20%
nationwide. All other age groups made up similar proportions of residents as nationally, with a
1 percentage point difference or less.
Age distribution, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent
30
All New Zealand
Hastings District
25
20
15
10
5
0
0-14
15-29
30-44
45-59
60-74
75+
Age group (years)
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
The median age varies markedly across Hastings District. In 2006:

Te Mata Hills had the oldest (47 years)
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Te Mata (46), Havelock North Central (45), Twyford (44) and Havelock Hills (43)

Eskdale, Hastings Central and Iona (all 42)

Irongate, Pakowhai and Frimley (all 41)

Camberley (29) and Flaxmere East (30)
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Kingsley-Chatham recorded the lowest median age (23) followed by Lochain (24).
The 2006 Census recorded around 17,100 children under the age of 15 years living in
Hastings District:

5,230 children under 5 years

5,810 aged 5-9 years, and

6,060 aged 10-14 years.
The two maps following show the population distribution by mesh-block for 0-4 years and 5-14
years respectively.
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Age distribution of Māori
The following graph shows that the Māori population in Hastings District has a young age
profile with:

36% aged less than 15 years in 2006

17% aged 15-24 years.
In contrast:

20% of the district’s non-Māori population were under the age of 15

11% were aged 15-24, and

Just 4% of the Māori population were aged 65 years and over, compared with 16% of
non-Māori.
Age distribution of the Māori and non-Māori populations, 2006:
Hastings District
Percent
14
Māori
Non-Māori
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
Age (years)
75 and
over
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
2.4
Families
In 2006, Hastings District was home to 18,760 families,3 of which around 9,630 contained
dependent children:

As was the case nationally, couples with children were the most numerous family type
in the district. Numbering around 7,580 (of which 6,450 contained dependent children),
they made up 40% of families (42% nationwide).

Couples without children numbered around 7,220 and made up 38% of all families in
the district (40% nationwide).
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At the time of the 2006 Census, the district had almost 3,970 families consisting of one
parent and children, making up 21% of all families in the district compared with 18%
In the Census, a family is defined by the presence, in one household, of a “family nucleus” (a couple, or
parent(s) and child(ren). Child dependency is not a component of the definition. This means that a 90 year
old woman living with her 60 year old daughter, who does not have children of her own in the same
household, would be classified as “one parent with children”.
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nationally. Around 3,150 of the district’s one-parent families contained dependent
children.
Families by type, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent
45
All New Zealand
40
Hastings District
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Couple with child(ren)
Couple without children
One parent with child(ren)
Family type
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
The largest numbers of couples with children lived in:

Raureka, Mayfair, Akina, Sherenden-Puketapu, Flaxmere East, Mahora, Havelock
North Central, Parkvale, Iona and Te Mata.
Couples without children were most numerous in:

Havelock North Central, Te Mata, Iona, Akina, Mayfair, Raureka, Parkvale, Mahora
and Hastings Central.
The largest numbers of one-parent families were in:

Flaxmere East, Akina, Mayfair, Kingsley-Chatham, Raureka, Mahora and Lochain.
Statistics New Zealand projects the number of couples without children in Hastings District to
increase steadily over the next two decades, reaching 10,700 by 2021 and 11,500 a decade
later. At that stage, in 2031, it is estimated they will make up 50% of the district’s families.
Two-parent families are projected to fall and one-parent families are projected to stay
relatively static in number.
Household size and composition
In 2006, there were around 24,730 private households in Hastings District.

The large majority (70%) of them were one-family households, similar to the national
proportion.
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One-person households were as common in Hastings as around the country. Just
under one-quarter (24%) of the district’s households consisted of individuals living
alone (23% nationally).

Other multi-person households (the majority of which would be flats containing
unrelated people) made up 4% of the district’s households (5% nationally).
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2.5
Multi-family households accounted for the final 3% both locally and nationally.
Births and teen mothers
From 2002 to 2011, around 11,000 live births were registered to women living in Hastings
District, an average of 1,100 per year.
In terms of maternal age, the district exhibits a younger pattern of childbearing than the
country as a whole. Between 2002 and 2011:

56% of the newborns were to women under 30 years (49% nationally)

26% of newborns were to women aged 30-34 years (same as nationally).
Live births registered by age of mother, 2002-2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of live births
35
All New Zealand
Hastings District
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Under 15
15 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 44
45 - 49
Age group (years)
Source: Statistics New Zealand
From 2002 to 2011, teenagers accounted for 10% of the live births registered to mothers living
in Hastings District (7% nationally).
The graph below shows that the district proportion was higher than the national proportion in
each of the ten years.
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Proportion of live births registered to teenage mothers, 2002-2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of
registered live births
All New Zealand
14
Hastings District
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Year
Source: Statistics New Zealand
Over the ten year period, a dozen live births were registered to Hastings girls under the age of
15 years. That equated to 0.1% of the births, the same as across the country.
3.0
Young People
3.1
Ethnic diversity
The youth population of Hastings District is slightly more ethnically diverse. Most youth age
groups in the district were around as likely as Hastings’ population as a whole to identify as
‘European’ or ‘New Zealander’.
Young people were also more likely to be Māori, with around one third of 12-14, 15-19 and 2024 year olds identifying as Māori at the 2006 Census. At 7% or 8%, all those age groups were
also more likely to be Pacific peoples than the district’s population as a whole.
3.2
Support to stay on track
The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) East Coast Regional Plan 2010 - 2012 notes that
young people are often the first to feel the effects when the economy changes and that MSD’s
efforts are focussed on ensuring they are ready to take advantage of opportunities in the
labour market. A number of initiatives are in place in the Hastings District including:

Help for students

Limited Service Volunteers

Youth Service

Job Streams
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Help for students
StudyLink will continue to assist the increasing numbers of students who want to further their
education through study over the next year, by paying financial support through Student
Allowances, Student Loans, Unemployment Benefit Student Hardship and other assistance.
StudyLink connects students with the information they need to make considered decisions
about their education, and provides financial information and support, enabling them to
achieve a better future. StudyLink helps students to:

Successfully complete their courses.

Only borrow what they need.

Effectively transition into the workforce.
Limited Services Volunteers
The Limited Service Volunteer programme is a six-week motivational training course run by
the New Zealand Defence Force. It aims to increase the number of young people entering
employment or training by improving their self-discipline, self confidence, motivation and
initiative.
Youth Service
Youth Service is a new way of working with young people between the ages of 16 to 19 years.
It aims to get young people into education, training or work-based learning so they gain the
skills necessary to secure work and become independent.
Young people who qualify for financial assistance will be able to access this through the Youth
Service. Youth Service is delivered by community based organisations funded though Work
and Income.
Job Streams
Work and Income Job Streams Package aims to make it easier for working aged people to
secure and remain in work. It focuses on a person’s individual needs and circumstances.
Support is targeted to those most at risk of long term benefit dependence.
There are two streams under the package:

Skills for industry - short industry focused training for specific employment
opportunities.
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
Flexi wage - Wage subsidies for those at highest risk of staying on benefit; and funding
options to support training, mentoring or in-work support.
3.3
Employment and occupation
The two main industries employing Hastings’ 15-19 year olds in 2006 were the same as
nationally:

Retail trade made up 25% of all employed in that age group

Accommodation and food services made up 16%.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing employed a larger than average 15% of the district’s working
15-19 year olds, and manufacturing accounted for 13%.
Among the district’s employed 20-24 year olds:

18% worked in manufacturing, 14% in each of retailing and agriculture, forestry and
fishing and 12% worked in the construction industry.
In 2006 the main occupations of Hastings 15-19 year olds were different from nationally:

Labourers made up 39%, sales workers made up 24%, community and personal
service workers accounted for 11% and 10% were technicians and trades workers.
Among the district’s employed 20-24 year olds:

28% were labourers, 18% were technicians and trades workers and 10% were sales
workers.
3.4
Income Support
At the end of August 2012, just over 70 Hastings District residents under the age of 18 years
were receiving some form of income support, including supplementary benefits. The largest
groups were receiving one of three forms of support:

Just over 30 were receiving a Youth Payment (a new payment introduced by the
Government in August 2012)4

Around 20 were Invalid’s Beneficiaries, and

15 were receiving a Young Parent Payment (also a new payment introduced by the
Government in August).5
4
Recipients have obligations to be actively involved in full-time education, training or work-based learning,
and to work with a Youth Service provider on how best to manage their money and costs and attend a
budgeting course.
5
Recipients have obligations to be actively involved in full-time education, training or work-based learning,
work with a Youth Service provider on how best to manage their money and costs and attend a budgeting
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At the end of August 2012, 1% of the Accommodation Supplement recipients in Hastings
District were under the age of 18 years, 91% were aged 18-64 years, and 9% were aged 65 or
over. Around 62% of the recipients lived in rented accommodation, 25% were boarding and
13% owned their home.
3.5
Cigarette smoking
Hastings’ youth were considerably more likely to smoke than their peers around the country.
23% of 15-19 year olds and 42% of 20-24 year olds compared with 19% and 30% respectively
across the country.
3.6
Suicide
In the 18 years from 1992 to 2009, a total of 158 Hastings District residents took their own
lives. While that produced an average of almost 9 suicides per year, the number fluctuated
over the years, from 4 to 16.
Between 1992 and 2009, 28 of the suicide deaths (18% of the district’s suicide total) were
young people aged between 15 and 24 years. Annual numbers of youth suicides ranged from
none to three.
3.7
Youth offending
Refer to the Justice section later in this report.
4.0
Older People
4.1
New Zealand Positive Ageing Strategy
The New Zealand Positive Ageing Strategy 2001 established 10 principles as a framework for
integrating policies and programmes across the government sector. The Minister for Senior
Citizens has identified three priority areas to champion positive ageing as follows:

employment of mature workers - encouraging flexible work options and opportunities
for older workers to remain in work

changing attitudes about ageing - promoting inter-generational programmes and
reinforcing the important contribution older people make to their communities

Protecting the rights and interests of older people – by raising awareness of elder
abuse and neglect prevention.6
course, attend a parenting course, enrol their children at a medical centre or with a GP and ensure any
children under 5 years of age have regular checks with a WellChild provider.
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Ministry of Social Development’s East Coast Regional Plan
4.2
The East Coast Regional 2010-2012 has a priority of “Improved quality of life for older
people”. The Plan notes that MSD will continue to develop online services to increase the
number of ways people can access services and information. Since July 2011, older clients
have had access to a broader range of services through one call to the Seniors Contact
Centre in Wellington. MSD is also working nationally and regionally with non-government
organisations, such as Age Concern and Grey Power, to ensure seniors are getting all the
services they need. MSD has the following services in place for older people:

Online services – applications can be completed online for New Zealand
Superannuation

SuperGold Card - provides a range of discounts to cardholders, including public
transport. Work is underway to increase the number of discounts available outside the
main urban centres and in Australia.
5.0
Health
5.1
Life expectancy
Statistics New Zealand estimates that life expectancy in Hastings District is lower than
average. A newborn boy in the district can expect to live 75.8 years (78.2 nationally) and a
newborn girl can expect to live 80.6 years (82.4 across the country).
5.2
Plunket WellChild and immunisation
The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society estimates that it provides WellChild services to
around 92% of the country’s newborns. In 2011, the society reported:

Around 950 ‘new baby’ cases in Hastings (85% of the total live births registered to
mothers in the district that year).

Around 300 (32%) of the Plunket babies in Hastings were Māori.

6% were of Pacific ethnicity.
Plunket records showed that in 2011:

21% of their newborn clients in Hastings were living in an NZDep decile 10 area
(among the 10% most socio-economically deprived in the country).

Another 25% were living in decile 8 or 9 areas.
In 2011, the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society made around 2,020 formal, written referrals
in Hastings District. The most common reasons for referral were:
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Dental health (46%) and parenting practice7 (19%).
Aside from the 46% of referrals made to dental services, the largest proportion (25%), of
referrals were made to Community Karitane8.
In addition, Plunket made almost 4,090 less formal recommendations in Hastings District in
2011. The main reasons for these were:

Immunisation (54%), child health and illness (10%).
General Practice teams were the main recipients of those recommendations, receiving almost
two-thirds (66%) of the total for the year.
Based on reports from parents, Plunket assessed that, in 2011, 93% of the children in its
client families in Hastings District were fully immunised. That was a higher proportion than the
85% national estimate. Another 6% had incomplete immunisation (12% nationally).
5.3
Mental health
In 2009, around 2,270 Hastings District residents commenced mental health treatment in the
public health system. Around 38% of those clients were Māori, a higher proportion than the
24% of the population who identified as Māori in the 2006 Census, and 58% of the clients
were male (54% nationally).
In 2009:

Hastings residents under the age of 45 years made up a larger proportion of mental
health clients.

Children under the age of 15 years made up 10%, the same as nationally.

15-29 year olds accounted for 36% (32% nationally).

30-44 year olds made up 31% (28% nationwide).

Those aged 45-59 and 60-74 made up only slightly smaller proportions of the Hastings
total than nationally (17% and 6% respectively compared with 18% and 7% across the
country).
However, there was a considerable difference between the local and national contribution of
people aged 75 and over, just 1% of Hastings clients compared with 6% across New Zealand.
7
Refers to options and interventions that enhance parenting knowledge in order to support parenting
practice, excluding parenting courses.
8
A member of the Plunket Care delivery team who supports families in local communities to achieve and
maintain an optimum level of wellness. Interventions are delivered according to the health and socio-cultural
needs of the community.
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Mental health teams had 2,960 Hastings clients commence treatment during 2009.9 The use
of mental health teams in Hastings was similar to the national pattern.

The Community Team10 saw 53% of the Hastings clients commencing treatment in
2009 (42% nationally).

Alcohol and Drug Teams, including those established to see specific age or ethnic
groups, saw 14% of Hastings clients (18% nationally).

The Child, Adolescent and Family Team11 saw 11% of clients, same as nationally.

The Inpatient Team was used by 6% of clients locally and 5% nationally.

The Kaupapa Māori Team12 saw 5% of Hastings clients compared with 2% nationally.
Percent of clients
commencing treatment
Mental health clients commencing treatment by main teams seen, 2009:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
60
All New Zealand
Hastings District
50
40
30
20
10
0
Community Team
Alcohol and Drug Teams
Child, Adolescent and
Family Team
Inpatient Team
Kaupapa Māori Team
Type of mental health team seen
Source: New Zealand Health Information Service
5.4
Cigarette smoking
The 1996 and 2006 censuses asked people aged 15 years and over about their cigarette
smoking habits. Data from the two censuses shows that smoking habits in Hastings are
slightly different from the country as a whole, although both the local and national proportion
of smokers fell by 3 percentage points between 1996 and 2006. In 2006, the district’s adult
residents were:

More likely than nationally to be regular cigarette smokers (24%, down from 27% in
1996)
9
One person can be seen by more than one team so the number of clients seen by teams will be larger than
the number of individual clients from a territorial authority.
10
Community teams provide non-residential assessment and treatment services, including outpatient
services.
11
Child, adolescent and family teams provide assessment and treatment services to people aged 0-19 years
inclusive. Includes inpatient, residential or community based child, adolescent and family teams.
12
Kaupapa Māori teams provide assessment and treatment services to people within a Māori kaupapa.
Includes inpatient, residential or community based teams within a Māori kaupapa (including child, adolescent
and family, youth specialty and psycho geriatric services).
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Around as likely to be ex-smokers (23% locally and 22% nationwide), and

Less likely to have never smoked at all (53% compared with 57% nationally).
Across New Zealand in 2006, a considerably higher proportion of Māori than non-Māori
reported regularly smoking cigarettes, 42% compared with 18%. The same was true in
Hastings, 45% of Māori compared with 19% of non-Māori. Hastings Māori were less likely
than non-Māori to be ex-smokers, 17% compared with 25% and considerably less likely to
have never smoked regularly, 38% compared with 56%.
6.0
Economic Wellbeing
6.1
Socio-economic deprivation
The NZDep 2006 index of deprivation13 shows that Hastings District has an above-average
level of socio-economic deprivation. Across the country, roughly equal numbers of people live
in areas at each of the 10 levels of deprivation. So, in 2006, 50% of New Zealand’s population
lived in decile 1 to 5 areas (the 50% least deprived areas in the country). For Hastings, the
corresponding figure was 43%.
The following profile shows below-average numbers of Hastings District residents living in
areas assessed as being deciles 1 to 5 and, apart from decile 8, above-average numbers of
residents living in other areas:

16% of residents assessed as living in decile 10 areas (the 10% most socioeconomically deprived in the country).

Decile 7 and 9 areas with 12% and 11% of the population respectively.
13
Salmond C, Crampton P, Atkinson J, NZDep 2006 Index of Deprivation. The NZDep2006 index of
deprivation was created from data from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings. The index describes
the deprivation experienced by groups of people in small areas. Nine deprivation variables were used in the
construction of the index, reflecting eight dimensions of deprivation. The variables used were the proportions
of people: aged 18-64 receiving a means-tested benefit; living in households with income below an income
threshold adjusted for household size; not living in own home; aged less than 65 living in a single-parent
family; aged 18-64 unemployed; aged 18-64 without any qualifications; living in households below a bedroom
occupancy threshold adjusted for household size; with no access to a telephone; and with no access to a car.
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Socio-economic deprivation, 2006:
Hastings District
Number of residents
12,000
11,355
10,000
8,646
7,995
8,000
10% of population
6,039
6,474
5,949
6,075
3
4
6,000
7,071
5,763
5,508
4,000
2,000
0
1
Lowest deprivation
2
5
6
7
8
Decile of deprivation
9
10
Highest deprivation
Source: NZDep 2006 Index of Deprivation
Although the process of averaging can mask some substantial variation in deprivation among
small areas, it can be useful to look at average deprivation statistics for census area units. In
Hastings District in 2006:

Four area units (Flaxmere East, Kingsley-Chatham, Lochain and Camberley) had
average deprivation scores of 10, putting them among the 10% most deprived areas in
New Zealand.

Another four area units (Akina, Raureka, Hastings Central, and Anderson Park) had
average deprivation scores of 9.

At the other end of the scale, Havelock North Central, Te Mata Hills and Havelock Hills
had average deprivation scores of 1, putting them among the 10% least deprived
areas in the country.

Eight area units (Te Mata, Iona, Sherenden-Puketapu, Longlands South, Tangoio,
Brookvale, Waiohiki and Whanawhana) averaged out as decile 2.
The following map provides a meshblock illustration of deprivation across Hastings District.
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6.2
Personal income
At the 2006 Census, Hastings’ adult population had a median personal income of $22,600
compared with $24,400 across New Zealand. That resulted from larger than average
proportions of Hastings residents having incomes between $10,001 and $30,000, and lower
than average proportions with incomes above $50,000.
Numerically, the largest difference between income distributions locally and nationally
occurred among people with incomes between $10,001 and $20,000, 25% of the district’s
adults compared with 22% nationwide. At the upper end of the income scale, 14% of Hastings
adults had incomes above $50,000 compared with 18% across the country.
Personal income distribution, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of population
aged 15 years and over
30
All New Zealand
Hastings District
25
20
15
10
5
0
$10,000
and under
$10,001$20,000
$20,001$30,000
$30,001$40,000
$40,001$50,000
$50,001$70,000
$70,001$100,000
$100,001
and over
Personal income
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
There was wide variety in income across the district. In 2006:

Havelock Hills recorded the highest median personal income ($35,700),

Whanawhana, Brookvale, Waiohiki and Te Mata Hills all recorded between $30,300
and $34,800.

Seven area units recorded median personal incomes below $20,000: Camberley,
Kingsley-Chatham, Flaxmere East, Omahu, Anderson Park, Hastings Central and
Bridge Pa.
Income levels of Māori
Hastings’ Māori adults were much more likely than non-Māori to have incomes of $10,000 or
less (27% compared with 19%).
One quarter (25%) of both groups had incomes between $10,001 and $20,000, but Māori
were more likely than non-Māori to have incomes between $20,001 and $30,000. Similar
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proportions of each group were in the income band of $30,001 to $40,000 (around 15% and
14% respectively). Māori were less likely than non-Māori to be in any of the income bands
over $40,000.
Hastings Māori have lower incomes than Māori in the total population. In 2006:
53% of the district’s Māori had $20,000 or less of annual income compared with 48%

nationally.
14% of Hastings Māori had incomes of $40,000 or more compared with 18% of Māori

nationally.
Percent of population
aged 15 years and over
Personal income of Māori and non-Māori populations, 2006:
Hastings District
30
Māori
Non-Māori
25
20
15
10
5
0
$10,000
and under
$10,001 $20,000
$20,001 $30,000
$30,001 $40,000
$40,001 $50,000
$50,001 $70,000
$70,001 $100,000
$100,001
and over
Personal income
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
6.3
Household income
In 2006, families in Hastings District had a considerably lower median income than nationally
($53,300 compared with $59,000). There was wide variation across the district.
Fifteen area units had median family incomes equal to or higher than the country as a whole.
The highest of these were:

Havelock Hills ($96,300), Eskdale ($76,300), Waiohiki ($73,300), Longlands South
($72,800), Sherenden-Puketapu ($67,900) and Brookvale ($67,300).
Kingsley-Chatham recorded the lowest median family income in the district ($35,100). That
was followed by Camberley ($36,000), Flaxmere East ($39,400), Anderson Park ($39,700),
Lochain ($40,500) and Hastings Central ($41,700).
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Household facilities
In 2006, the percentages of Hastings households with access to a telephone, the Internet, or a
vehicle were as follows:

91% had a telephone (92% nationally)

72% had access to a cell phone or mobile phone (74% nationally)

56% had Internet access (61% nationwide), and

93% had access to a motor vehicle 92% nationally).
People in all youth age groups were less likely than their national counterparts to have access
to the Internet at home. Almost two thirds (66%) of 12-14 year olds, 63% of 15-19 year olds
and 48% of 20-24 year olds in Hastings District had Internet access at home in 2006.
Nationally, the proportions were 71%, 68% and 61% respectively.
6.4
Employment, industry and occupation
Labourforce participation in 2006
At the time of the 2006 Census, around 34,870 Hastings residents were employed. That was
67% of the population aged 15 and over (65% nationwide).
Just over three quarters (77%) of the district’s employed residents worked full time, the same
proportion as nationally.
The 2006 Census recorded 4.5% of the Hastings labour force as unemployed, a slightly
smaller proportion than the 5.1% national average at the time. In March 2006, that equated to
1,640 people unemployed in the district.
Employment in 2011
More recent data from Statistics New Zealand shows that in February 2011, the industries
with the largest numbers of employees (salary and wage earners) in Hastings District were:

Agriculture, forestry and fishing (23% of the total).

Manufacturing (13%).

Health care and social assistance (also 13%).

Retail trade (8%).

Education and training (7%).

Administrative and support services (6%).

Construction (5%)
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The largest number of geographical business units14 in Hastings District belonged to
agriculture, forestry and fishing (with 23% of the district’s total), followed closely by rental,
hiring and real estate services (22%).
The table below shows that in the five years from 2007 and 2011, the number of employees in
the district peaked in 2008, at 41,570. The number of geographic business units was also at
its largest in 2008 (9,214), although it was little different in 2009. In 2010 and 2011, both totals
fell a little each year.
Number of geographic units and employees, February 2007 to 2011:
Hastings District
Geographic
units
Employee
count
Year
2007
9,092
41,320
2008
9,214
41,570
2009
9,212
41,100
2010
9,073
39,960
2011
8,975
39,840
Source: Statistics New Zealand
Employment of Māori in 2006
Hastings Māori are less likely to be in paid employment than non-Māori. In 2006:

63% were employed compared with 68% of non-Māori.

Full-time work was undertaken by 50% of Māori and 13% worked part-time.

The Māori unemployment rate in Hastings in 2006 was 10.3% compared with 3.0% for
the non-Māori population.
Hastings Māori are around as likely to be employed and unemployed as Māori in the total
population. The national Māori employment rate was 62% in 2006 (63% in Hastings) and the
unemployment rate was 11% (10.3% in the district).
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Separate operating units engaged in New Zealand in one, or predominantly one, kind of economic activity
from a single physical location or base (e.g. a supermarket, a petrol station, a factory).
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Industry
The pattern of employment by industry in Hastings District differs from nationally in one major
respect, and that is the importance of primary industry. In 2006, the main industries employing
the district’s residents were:

Agriculture, forestry and fishing (15% of all employed residents, more than double the
7% nationally)

Manufacturing (15% compared with 12% across the country)

The retail trade (10% both locally and nationally)

Health care and social assistance (9% across the district and the country)

Construction (8% both locally and nationwide)

Education and training (7% in the district and 8% nationally) and

Professional, scientific and technical services (5% compared with 8%).
Main industries for employment, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of
employed people
18
All New Zealand
16
Hastings District
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Agriculture, forestry
and fishing
Manufacturing
Retail trade
Health care and
social assistance
Construction
Education and
training
Professional,
Scientific and
Technical Services
Industry
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Occupation
Compared with New Zealand as a whole, Hastings District has substantially more labourers.
Almost every other occupation group is under represented among the district’s workers. This
undoubtedly reflects, at least in part, the dominant role primary industry plays in the district’s
employment. At the 2006 Census:

Labourers were the largest occupation group among the district’s population, making
up 20% of all employed compared with 12% nationally.

Managers (the occupation group to which farmers are now coded) were the next
largest group at 17% (18% nationally).

Professionals followed at 16% compared with a higher 20% nationwide.
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
Technicians and trades workers accounted for 12% of Hastings’ employed (13%
nationwide). Clerical and administrative workers (11%)
All other occupations made up very similar proportions of the Hastings workforce as
nationally: sales workers (9%), community and personal service workers (8%), and machinery
operators and drivers (7%).
6.5
Location of employment
In 2006, around 24,180 Hastings District residents (83% of those who answered the
workplace question in the Census) worked in the district.
Napier City was the second most popular work location for Hastings residents, attracting 13%
of employed residents. That was followed by Central Hawke’s Bay District (1%).
Main locations for Hastings District residents to be employed,
March 2006
Location of employment
Hastings District
Napier City
Central Hawke’s Bay District
Number of
Hastings District
residents employed
24,183
3,855
384
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
In 2006, the census recorded around 30,550 people employed within the boundaries of
Hastings District. As well as the 24,180 workers sourced locally, Hastings attracted around
5,250 workers from Napier City and 520 from Central Hawke’s Bay District.
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Occupation, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of
employed people
25
All New Zealand
Hastings District
20
15
10
5
0
Managers
Professionals
Technicians and
Trades Workers
Community and
Personal Service
Workers
Clerical and
Administrative
Workers
Sales Workers
Machinery
Operators and
Drivers
Labourers
Occupation
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Travel to work
In 2006, most of the ‘travel to work’ patterns of Hastings’ employed residents were similar to
the country as a whole.

Driving a private vehicle was by far the single most popular way for people to travel to
work on Census day (53% of employed locally and 51% nationally).
6.6

Around 12% of workers drove a company vehicle to work (11% nationwide).

Both locally and nationally, 11% of employed did not go to work on Census day.

In the district, 10% of employed people worked at home (9% nationally).

5% were passengers in vehicles, both in the district and nationwide.
Work for young people
Refer to the Young People section earlier in this report for detail about youth employment.
6.7
Income support
People aged 65 years and over
At the end of August 2012, 10,400 Hastings District residents15 aged 65 years and over were
in receipt of New Zealand Superannuation.16 That was around 830 more than two years
15
The statistics included in this section have been produced by the geocoding of MSD client addresses. The
figures represent all clients who lived within Hastings District boundaries at the end of August 2010, 2011 or
2012. This method of assigning a geographic location to a client based on their address is different from the
method used to produce figures for many earlier reports. Those earlier reports relied on identifying service
centres within territorial authority boundaries and assigning a geographic location to clients with claims
managed in those relevant service centres.
16
New Zealand Superannuation is not income tested for recipients aged 65 years and over. Supplementary
benefits (eg Accommodation Supplement, Disability Allowance) are, however, subject to an income test, so
their receipt indicates clients with low incomes.
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earlier. Of those New Zealand Superannuitants in 2012, almost 2,320 were also receiving a
Disability Allowance and 490 were in receipt of an Accommodation Supplement.
People aged 18 to 64 years
At the end of August 2012, around 7,940 Hastings District residents aged 18-64 years were
receiving some form of income support, around 270 fewer than the number two years earlier
and almost 300 fewer than in 2011.
In August 2012, the largest groups of income support recipients aged 18-64 years in Hastings
District were:

Almost 2,240 DPB Sole Parent17 recipients (28% of all income support recipients that
age in the district), around 170 fewer than the number in 2010 and 160 fewer than in
2011
Almost 1,790 Invalid’s Beneficiaries (23%), a similar number to 2011 but around 60

more than in 2010

Just under 1,070 Non Beneficiaries18 (13%), a similar number to both 2010 and 2011

A little over 1,020 Unemployment Benefit19 recipients (also 13%), almost 320 fewer
than in 2010 and around 200 fewer than in 2011

Around 940 Sickness Benefit20 recipients (12%), a similar number to 2011 but around
30 more than in 2010.
Income support recipients aged 18-64 years by main benefit type, end of August 2010, 2011 and 2012:
Hastings District
Number
3,000
2010
2011
2,500
2012
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
DPB Sole Parent
Invalid's Benefit
Non Beneficiary
Unemployment Benefit
Sickness Benefit
Type of benefit
Source: Ministry of Social Development
17
Includes DPB Sole Parent and Emergency Maintenance Allowance
Non Beneficiaries are low-income people who are not receiving an income-tested benefit or a pension from
Work and Income, but who do receive a Work and Income supplementary benefit (e.g. an Accommodation
Supplement, a Childcare Subsidy).
19
Includes Unemployment Benefit and Unemployment Benefit Hardship
20
Includes Sickness Benefit and Sickness Benefit Hardship
18
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At the end of August 2012, Hastings District’s income support recipients aged 18-64 years
were responsible for 7,080 children of whom around 4,220 were in the families of DPB Sole
Parent21 recipients. Of those DPB Sole Parent recipients with children:

48% had youngest children aged under 5 years

25% had youngest children aged 5 to 9 years

15% had youngest children aged between 10 and 13 years, and

12% had youngest children aged 14 years and over.
The maps on the following pages show where working aged people and children of income
support recipients resided in Hastings District by meshblock as at September 2012.
21
Includes DPB Sole Parent and Emergency Maintenance Allowance
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Young people
Refer to the Young People section earlier in this report for information on income support for
those under 17 years of age.
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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Accommodation supplement
At the end of August 2012, almost 6,150 Hastings District residents22 were being paid the
Accommodation Supplement – around 150 fewer than two years earlier. In 2012, the largest
groups of Accommodation Supplement recipients in the district were:

Around 1,680 DPB Sole Parent recipients23 (27% of all those receiving the
Accommodation Supplement in the district), almost 140 fewer than in 2010

Just over 1,010 Non Beneficiaries24 (16%), around 30 more than in both 2010 and
2011

940 Invalid’s Beneficiaries (15%), a rise of around 80 on the number two years earlier

Almost 840 Unemployment Beneficiaries25 (14%), around 260 down on the number
two years earlier and around 150 fewer than in 2011

Almost 730 Sickness Beneficiaries26 (12%), little changed since 2010 or 2011 and

Around 490 New Zealand Superannuitants (8%), just over 30 more than in 2010 and
2011.
Accommodation Supplement recipients by main benefit, end of August 2010, 2011 and 2012:
Hastings District
Number
2,000
2010
1,800
2011
2012
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
DPB Sole Parent
Non Beneficiary
Invalid's Benefit
Unemployment Benefit
Sickness Benefit
New Zealand
Superannuation
Type of benefit
Source: Ministry of Social Development
The statistics included in this section have been produced by geocoding MSD clients’ addresses. The
figures represent all clients who lived within Hastings District boundaries at the end of August 2010, 2011 or
2012. This is different from the ‘MSD service centre managing benefit’ method used to produce figures for
many earlier reports.
23
Includes DPB Sole Parent and Emergency Maintenance Allowance
24
Non Beneficiaries are low-income people who are not receiving an income-tested benefit or a pension from
Work and Income, but who do receive a Work and Income supplementary benefit (e.g. an Accommodation
Supplement, a Childcare Subsidy).
25
Includes Unemployment Benefit and Unemployment Benefit Hardship.
26
Includes Sickness Benefit and Sickness Benefit Hardship
22
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7.0
Housing
7.1
Tenure
In 2006, households in Hastings District had a slightly higher rate of home ownership than
households across the country:

54% of households owned their dwelling (55% nationally)

14% had their homes held in a family trust (12% nationally)

31% of Hastings households did not own the dwelling in which they lived (33%
nationally).
Household tenure, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent
60
All New Zealand
Hastings District
50
40
30
20
10
0
Owned
Not owned
Held in family trust
Tenure type
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Home ownership of Māori
In Hastings District in 2006, Māori were far less likely than non-Māori to own their home. At
the time of the census:

39% of the Māori population lived in dwellings owned or partly owned by the occupants
compared with 58% of non-Māori.

5% of Māori held their dwellings in a family trust compared with 17% of non-Māori.

That left 55% of Māori and 25% of non-Māori living in homes not owned by the
occupants.
Hastings Māori had a similar pattern of home ownership as Māori nationwide, but non-Māori in
Hastings were more likely than their counterparts across New Zealand to own their own
dwelling.
Nationally, 39% of Māori and 57% of non-Māori were home owners, with a further 6% and
13% respectively holding their dwellings in trusts.
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Tenure of Māori and non-Māori populations, 2006:
Hastings District
Percent
70
Māori
Non-Māori
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Owned
Not owned
Held in family trust
Tenure
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
7.2
Rents
The 2006 Census showed that Hastings District has lower rents than the country as a whole,
a mean weekly rent of $183 in 2006 compared with $225 nationally, and a median weekly rent
of $180 compared with $201.
More recent information from Tenancy Services shows that is true. Data for the six months
ending September 2012 shows that:

Three bedroom houses are the most common rental properties in Hastings District.
Nationally, across all three bedroom houses for which bonds were received between
April and September 2012, the mean weekly rent was $350.

Across the district, the average weekly rent for a three bedroom house ranged from
$262 in Flaxmere to $284 in rural parts of the district, $310 in Hastings / Clive and
$352 in Havelock North.
7.3
State housing
At the end of 2011, Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC) managed 1,393 properties in
Hastings District. The area units with the largest numbers of State houses were:

Camberley (215 dwellings)

Flaxmere East (197 dwellings)

Raureka had 165 dwellings, Mayfair had 160, Akina had 147 and Mahora had 141.
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Three bedroom dwellings were the most common type of property, making up just over one
half (51%) of the district’s State housing stock. Two bedroom properties accounted for almost
one third (32%).
In January 2012, 42 people were on HNZC’s waiting list in the Hastings ‘neighbourhood unit’,
down from 48 in December 2011. The number of Hastings applicants housed by HNZC in
January 2012 was 10. In the same month, 36 exited the waiting list in Hastings without being
housed.
The map below shows where HNZC houses are situated.
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Development (MSD), Wellington using the latest available statistics.
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8.0
Education
8.1
Early childhood education
At 1 July 2011, there were 4,520 children27 on the regular rolls of licensed early childhood
education service providers in Hastings District. Excluding the small number of enrolments of
5 year olds, that was 76% of the estimated number of children aged 0 to 4 years, a
considerably higher proportion than the 61% nationally.
At every year of age, from under 1 to 5, the proportion of Hastings District children enrolled in
early childhood education was higher than the national proportion. In mid-2011, there were
more 3 and 4 year olds on the regular rolls of early childhood education providers in Hastings
than Statistics New Zealand estimated lived in the district. That indicates a strong likelihood
that some children were registered with more than one provider, or children from outside the
district were enrolled with Hastings providers.
Proportion of children enrolled in early childhood education by age, as at 1 July 2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of children
120
All New Zealand
Hastings District
100
80
60
40
20
0
Under 1
1
2
3
4
5
Age of child (years)
Source: Ministry of Education
In mid-2011, early childhood education in Hastings District was provided by five types of
service:

59 education and care centres between them accounted for 51% of all regular
enrolments (59% nationally)

11 home-based services accounted for 17% of the district’s enrolments (9% across the
country)

14 kindergartens were responsible for 16% of the district’s enrolments (19% nationally)

28 Te Kōhanga Reo accounted for 12% (more than twice the 5% nationally) and

Seven playcentres had 4% of enrolments (8% nationwide).
27
Early childhood education statistics count enrolments and not children. It is possible for one child to be
enrolled in two services at the same time and be counted twice.
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Early childhood education by type of service, as at June 2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of enrolments
70
All New Zealand
Hastings District
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Education and care service
Home-based service
Kindergarten
Te Kōhanga Reo
Playcentre
Type of service
Source: Ministry of Education
8.2
Hastings District schools and educational qualifications
School profiles
Hastings District contains 26 full primary schools, 16 contributing schools (offering education
up to intermediate), three intermediate schools, three composite schools (combining primary,
intermediate and secondary education), one special school and 10 secondary schools offering
education up to year 15. In August 2012, the roll totals of these schools were as follows.
Number and type of school in Hastings District, with rolls,
August 2012
School type
Number of
schools
Years
Rolls
Full primary
26
1–8
3,370
Contributing
16
1–6
4,166
Intermediate
3
7–8
1,261
Composite
3
1 - 13
714
Special
1
Secondary
10
Total
59
69
7 or 9 – 15
5,102
14,682
Source: Ministry of Education
For funding purposes the Ministry of Education attaches a decile rating to each school.28 This
indicates the extent to which a school draws its students from low socio-economic
28
Since 1 January 2005, five factors have been used in determining a school's socio-economic indicator on
which deciles are based. These factors are: household income, parents' occupations, household crowding,
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communities. Decile 1 schools are the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of students
from low socio-economic communities, whereas decile 10 schools are the 10% of schools with
the lowest proportion of these students.
In August 2012:

12 Hastings schools were in decile 1

11 schools were in decile 2
Those 23 schools, judged to be among the 20% in the country with the highest proportions of
students drawn from low socio-economic communities, were responsible for 38% of the
district’s students.
At the other end of the scale:

Four Hastings schools were in decile 10 and another four in decile 9.

Eight schools (judged to be among the 20% of New Zealand schools with the lowest
proportions of students drawn from low socio-economic communities) had 23% of the
district’s students on their rolls.
Qualifications
The distribution of educational qualifications across Hastings’ population differs from the
national picture. In 2006:

31% of the district’s residents aged 15 years or over had no formal educational
qualification compared with 25% nationally.

34% had school qualifications as their highest educational attainment compared with
35% nationwide.

25% held post-school certificates or diplomas (24% nationally).
Higher qualifications were less common than average in Hastings District.

Around 8% of the population had a bachelor’s degree or other level 7 qualification
(11% nationally).

3% held post-graduate qualifications (just under 5% nationwide).
parents' educational qualifications, and parents receiving income support. They are based on families with
school-age children within the catchment area of the school.
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Highest educational qualification, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of people
aged 15 years and over
40
All New Zealand
35
Hastings District
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
No qualification
School
qualification
Post-school
certificate
or diploma
Bachelor Degree
Post-graduate
Type of qualification
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Qualifications of Māori
In Hastings in 2006:

45% of Hastings’ Māori population aged 15 and over had no educational qualification
compared with 27% of non-Māori

The proportion of Māori with a school qualification as their highest level of attainment
was 31% (34% of non-Māori).

Fewer Māori than non-Māori held post-school qualifications - 19% with post-school
certificates or diplomas and 5% with a Bachelor’s degree or higher qualification,
compared with 26% and 12% of non-Māori respectively.
Māori living in Hastings District in 2006 were more likely than the total New Zealand Māori
population to have no qualification (45% compared with 40%).
A slightly smaller proportion of Hastings Māori had school qualifications as their highest
attainment (31% compared with 32%), and a similar situation existed with post-school
certificates or diplomas (19% compared with 21%).
University-level qualifications were also slightly less common among the district’s Māori than
nationally (5% compared with 7%).
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Highest educational attainment of the Māori and non-Māori populations, 2006:
Hastings District
Percent
50
Māori
45
Non-Māori
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
No qualification
School qualification
Post-school certificates
and diplomas
Bachelor's Degree
Post-graduate
Type of qualification
Source: Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006
Leaving school with formal attainment
In 12 of the 18 years from 1993 to 2010, the proportion of Hastings District students leaving
school with little or no formal attainment was higher than the proportion nationwide. From
2001 to 2004, the gap between the two rates was more than 3 percentage points but in other
years the differences were smaller.
Over the last few years, both the district and national rates have dropped as more students
have been attaining qualifications under NCEA and efforts have been made to reduce early
leaving exemptions. Most recently, in 2010, 4% of Hastings District school leavers had little or
no formal attainment, the same proportion as nationally.
Students leaving secondary school with little or no formal attainment, 1993-2010:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of school leavers
25
All New Zealand
Hastings District
20
15
10
5
0
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Year
Source: Ministry of Education
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8.3
Truancy, stand downs, suspensions, exclusions, expulsions
Truancy
In August 2006, the Ministry of Education surveyed all state and state integrated schools to
capture student attendance and absence over one week.29 The survey showed that Hastings
had a slightly higher truancy rate than nationally (5.4% compared with 4.1% across the
country). Almost all types of school in the district recorded slightly higher truancy rates than
their national counterparts. The largest difference between local and national rates occurred
among secondary schools offering year 7-15 education (12.1% in Hastings District compared
with 5.0% nationwide).
Truancy rates, 2006:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Truancy rate (%)
14
All New Zealand
Hastings District
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Full primary
Contributing
Intermediate
Composite
Secondary
(year 7-15)
Secondary
(year 9-15)
Total
Type of school
Source: Ministry of Education
Stand downs and suspensions
Over the period 2000 to 2011, the number of students stood down from Hastings District
schools ranged from around 330 to 510, an average of 401 per year.
In 2000, the stand down rate in Hastings was the same as nationally, at 24 stand-down cases
per 1,000 students. Over the remaining 11 years, the Hastings rate fluctuated above and
below the national rate. The largest gap between the two rates (7 percentage points) occurred
in 2009 and 2011. Most recently, in 2011, 32 stand-down cases were recorded per 1,000
students in Hastings District compared with 25 per 1,000 nationally.
29
The survey achieved a 91% response rate among schools, representing 92% of the student population in
all state and state integrated schools. During the week under study, schools classified absences into justified,
unjustified and intermittent unjustified. Truancy was defined as the sum of the last two categories, and a
truancy rate was calculated as the average (mean) daily unjustified absence for the week per 100 students.
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Across the 12 years, the three main reasons for stand downs in Hastings were:

Continual disobedience (28% of the total), physical assault on other students (21%)
and verbal assault on staff (12%). Theft and drugs (including substance abuse) each
accounted for 8%.
The number of suspension cases is far lower than stand downs. From 2000 to 2011, the
annual total of suspension cases in Hastings schools ranged from just over 60 to almost 100,
an annual average of 80. In almost all years, the suspension rate in Hastings was slightly
lower than the New Zealand rate. However, in 2011, 6 suspensions cases were recorded per
1,000 students in Hastings District compared with 5 per 1,000 nationally.
Drugs (including substance abuse) were the main reason for suspensions in Hastings (35% of
all suspension cases across the 12 years), followed by continual disobedience (22%) and
physical assault on other students (17%).
Exclusions and expulsions30
In the 12 years from 2000 to 2011, the number of exclusions from Hastings schools averaged
35 annually. Most recently, in 2011 there were 39 cases of exclusion across the district. Over
the 12 years more than three quarters of the district’s exclusion cases were due to one of
three reasons:

Continual disobedience (30% of the total)

Drugs (including substance abuse) (26%) and

Physical assault on other students or staff (22%).
In most of the years from 2000 to 2011, fewer than five expulsions were recorded in Hastings
schools. However, in 2009, there were 12 expulsions, 11 of them due to drugs (including
substance abuse).
8.4
Early leaving exemptions
From 2000 and 2007, an average 63 early leaving exemptions were granted to students in
Hastings District each year. Since then, the number has dropped markedly (single digits in
2008, 2009 and 2010). Over the 11 years from 2000 to 2010, more than three quarters (78%)
of the early leaving exemptions granted in Hastings enabled students to enrol in training
Following a suspension, a school’s Board of Trustees can lift the suspension (with or without conditions),
extend the suspension (with conditions), or terminate the student’s enrolment at the school. If the student is
aged under 16, the board may decide to exclude him or her from the school, with the requirement that the
student enrol elsewhere. If the student is aged 16 or over, the board may decide to expel him or her from the
school, and the student may enrol at another school.
30
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provider courses, a little under one fifth were granted so students could go into full time
employment, and in the remainder of cases the students enrolled in polytechnic courses.
8.5
Tertiary education destinations
The proportion of students who left a Hastings District school between 2000 and 2009 and
went straight on to tertiary education or training the following year fluctuated above and below
the national rate. Over the ten years, the largest difference between the two proportions
occurred in 2008 when 48% of Hastings’ previous year’s school leavers enrolled in tertiary
study compared with 53% nationally. The most recent year’s data shows that 54% of the
students who left a Hastings District school in 2009 went straight on to enrol in tertiary-level
training the following year, compared with 59% of school leavers nationally.
Previous year's school leavers enrolling in tertiary study, 2001-2010:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of previous
year's school leavers
All New Zealand
70
Hastings District
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Year of first tertiary enrolment
Source: Ministry of Education
Hastings school leavers who enrol in tertiary education tend to make reasonably similar
choices to students nationwide. Of the first year enrolments by young people who left
Hastings schools in any of those ten years to undertake tertiary education:

44% were at universities

37% were at polytechnics

18% were at PTEs

Wānanga attracted 1% of enrolments (2% nationwide)\

Enrolments to colleges of education were very scarce (1% nationally).
Particular tertiary institutions stood out as attracting students from Hastings District. Of the
almost 2,280 enrolments by students who left a Hastings school between 2000 and 2009 and
went straight on to university:

35% were at Victoria University of Wellington

21% were at the University of Otago
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
20% were at Massey University.
Of the 1,900 odd enrolments by young people who left a Hastings school in any of the years
from 2000 and 2009 and went straight on to enrol at polytechnics and institutes of technology:

71% were at the Eastern Institute of Technology.
9.0
Justice
9.1
Recorded criminal offences
Hastings District is served by several police stations: Hastings, Taradale, Havelock North,
Flaxmere, Clive and Bay View.31 Over the five year period from 2007 to 2011, the catchment
areas of those police stations were estimated to have contained a mean resident population of
77,368 (1.8% of New Zealand’s estimated total). Over those five years, the district’s police
stations together recorded an annual average of 9,171 criminal offences32 (2.1% of the
country’s total).
The number of offences recorded by Hastings’ police stations varied over the five years. From
around 8,820 in 2007, the number dropped slightly the following year to around 8,780. In
2009, the total rose to 9,400 and then increased again in 2010 to almost 9,570. In 2011, the
number of offences recorded by the district’s police stations decreased, to just over 9,280.
In each of the years from 2007 to 2011, the recorded offence rate across the police stations in
Hastings District was higher than nationally. From 2007 to 2010, the local rate was between
one fifth and one third higher than the national rate. However, in 2011, the two rates were
much closer (993 offences recorded per 10,000 people in the catchment areas of the district’s
police stations, compared with 922 per 10,000 nationally).
31
Police administrative boundaries do not necessarily match to territorial authority boundaries. The statistics
that follow are for six police stations (Bay View, Clive, Flaxmere, Hastings, Havelock North and Taradale).
These have been used as the ‘scene stations’ (i.e. the police stations within whose boundaries criminal
offences were recorded by police). This area may not correspond exactly to Hastings District but it is the best
fit available.
32
It is possible that multiple offences will be recorded in association with a single incident. For example,
where an occupant is assaulted during a burglary, offences of burglary and assault will both be recorded.
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Recorded offence rate, 2007-2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings police stations
Rate per 10,000 population
All New Zealand
1,400
Hastings police stations
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Year
Source: New Zealand Police
From 2007 to 2011, six categories of offence together made up 87% of the offences recorded
by Hastings’ police stations.

Theft and related offences accounted for 29% of Hastings District’s recorded crime
and 33% nationally. Theft (except motor vehicles) was the most common offence type
in this category, with an average 1,411 such offences recorded by the district’s police
stations each year. That was followed by motor vehicle theft and related offences with
an annual average of 1,034.

Unlawful entry with intent / burglary, breaking and entering made up 15%, similar to
the 14% nationally. An average 1,394 such offences were recorded by Hastings’ police
stations annually.

Public order offences made up 14% locally and 10% nationwide. Disorderly conduct
was the most common offence in that category (an average 580 in Hastings District
each year), followed by regulated public order offences (an annual average of 503).

Property damage and environmental pollution made up 13% of Hastings’ total (14%
across the country). Almost all offences in that category consisted of property damage
(an average 1,146 recorded each year).

Acts intended to cause injury accounted for 11% of the district’s total and 10%
nationally. Assault made up almost all offences in this category (an average 1,000
annually).

Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations
together accounted for 5% of the total, both across the district and across the country.
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Main types of offence recorded, 2007-2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings police stations
Percent of recorded offences
35
All New Zealand
Hastings police stations
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Theft and related offences
Unlawful entry with intent/
burglary, break and enter
Public order offences
Property damage and
environmental pollution
Acts intended to cause
injury
Type of offence
Offences against
justice procedures,
government security and
government operations
Source: New Zealand Police
Apprehensions
In 2011, Hastings’ police stations together recorded around 5,190 apprehensions33 (2.5% of
the country’s total). The district had a slightly younger pattern of apprehension than the
country as a whole.

Children under the age of 14 years made up 6% of the district’s apprehensions that
year (4% nationally).

14-16 year olds accounted for 14% of apprehensions locally and 12% nationwide.

17-20 year olds made up 21% of the local total (23% nationally).

People aged 21-30 years accounted for 29% both locally and nationwide.

31-50 year olds made up 26% locally and 27% nationally.

People aged over 50 accounted for the final 5% of apprehensions, both in the district
and across the country.
33
The number of apprehensions is not the same as the number of offenders. Apprehensions do not count
distinct individuals as a person apprehended for multiple offences will be counted multiple times in the data.
An “apprehension” means that a person has been dealt with by police in some manner to resolve an offence.
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Apprehensions by age, 2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings District
Percent of apprehensions
35
All New Zealand
30
Hastings police stations
25
20
15
10
5
0
0-9
10-13
14-16
17-20
21-30
31-50
51 and over
Age group (years)
Source: New Zealand Police
Apprehensions by ethnicity
In 2011, 63% of the apprehensions by Hastings District’s police stations involved Māori, 31%
involved Caucasians, 5% involved Pacific Islanders and 1% involved people of other
ethnicities.
Apprehensions by offence type
Hastings’ police stations had a similar pattern of offences behind its apprehensions as the
country as a whole in 2011. The largest difference was illicit drug offences accounting for a
smaller proportion of apprehensions in the district than nationally.
Across the district’s police stations, the largest proportions of apprehensions in 2011 were for:

Public order offences (21%)

Acts intended to cause injury (18%)

Theft and related offences (also 18%)

Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operation
(8%), property damage and environmental pollution (also 8%)

Illicit drug offences (7% compared with 10% nationally), and

Unlawful entry with intent / burglary, breaking and entering (6%).
The apprehension of adults aged 17 and over in Hastings District in 2011 followed that
pattern. The main offences behind adult apprehensions in the district were:
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Public order offences (24% locally and 22% nationally)

Acts intended to cause injury (20% compared with 19% nationally)

Theft and related offences (15% both in the district and across the country), and

Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operation
(10% locally and 9% nationally).
Apprehensions by young people
Apprehensions of under-17 year olds follow a different pattern, both locally and nationally. In
2011, the most common reasons for the apprehension of that age group in Hastings District
were:

Theft and related offences (32% of the apprehensions of under-17 year olds locally
and 31% nationally)

Property damage and environmental pollution offences (14% compared with 15%
across the country)

Public order offences (13% locally and 14% nationally)

Unlawful entry with intent / burglary, breaking and entering (12% locally and 13%
nationwide)

Acts intended to cause injury (11% both locally and nationwide)

Illicit drug offences (5% locally and 4% nationally), and

Prohibited and regulated weapons and explosives offences (5% across the district and
3% nationwide).
Apprehensions of under-17 year-olds by main types of offence, 2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings police stations
Percent of apprehensions
of under-17 year-olds
35
All New Zealand
30
Hastings police stations
25
20
15
10
5
0
Theft and related
offences
Property damage and Public order offences Unlawful entry with
environmental
intent/burglary, break
pollution
and enter
Type of offence
Acts intended to
cause injury
Illicit drug offences
Prohibited and
regulated weapons
and explosives
offences
Source: New Zealand Police
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Resolution of apprehensions
In 2011, there were around 4,180 apprehensions of adults (aged 17 and over) across
Hastings District’s police stations. In that year:

68% of those apprehensions resulted in prosecution (similar to the 67% nationally).

Warning or cautioning was the second most used form of resolution, accounting for
31% locally and 27% nationally.

‘Other’ means34 resolved 2% (5% nationwide).
In 2011, Hastings’ police stations recorded just over 1,000 apprehensions of children and
young people under the age of 17 years. The resolution of those apprehensions was
reasonably similar to nationally.

The country’s main resolution method, referral to Youth Aid, was also the district’s,
accounting for 49% of the apprehensions of under-17 year olds (42% nationally).

Warning or cautioning was the second most used resolution method in Hastings (28%
compared with 26% nationally).
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
Prosecution was the outcome for 21% locally and 23% nationwide.

Family Group Conferences Youth Justice were used for 2% locally and 5% nationally.

‘Other’ means were used for 1% in Hastings (4% nationally).
Family violence
Police provide statistics on the number of family violence investigations where an offence
occurred.35 From 2007 to 2011, Hastings’ police stations together recorded around 5,170
family violence investigations, an average of 1,033 per year, although the number varied over
the five years.
It should be noted that any increase or decrease in recorded family violence may not reflect
an actual change in incidence but may also reflect the public’s changing attitudes to reporting
family violence or a changing propensity by police to classify and record an offence as ‘family
violence’.36
34
These means include all the ways police may deal with an apprehension other than the formal categories.
For example, they may find that the offender has a mental condition, is already in custody or has died. In
those cases, no further action is taken other than to document the offence.
35
Family violence investigations are jobs Police deal with as ‘family violence’. A family violence investigation
may relate to one or more offences and/or non-offence incidents. Only one of these (usually the most severe)
is used to categorise the investigation.
36
It is likely that family violence-related offending is significantly under-reported to Police, and that publicity
campaigns, combined with increased police focus and training, have driven increases in police statistics for
family violence investigations. Police statistics for recorded family violence investigations should, therefore,
not be used to make inferences about trends in the incidence of family violence over time
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In 2007, Hastings police stations recorded 625 family violence investigations. The number
increased to just over 720 in 2008, and then rose the following year to almost 980. In 2010, a
substantial rise was recorded to just over 1,420 and the number stayed at that level in 2011.
In each of the years from 2007 to 2011, the family violence investigation rate recorded by
Hastings’ police stations was higher than nationally. In 2010, the difference was particularly
marked with the Hastings rate being double the national rate. Most recently, in 2011, the
Hastings rate was around two thirds higher than nationally (152 family violence investigations
per 10,000 people resident in the police stations’ catchment areas, compared with 91 per
10,000 nationally).
Family violence investigation rate, 2007-2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings police stations
Rate per
10,000 population
All New Zealand
250
Hastings police stations
200
150
100
50
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Year
Source: New Zealand Police
The distribution of offences used to categorise family violence investigations in Hastings is
reasonably similar to that across the country. Both in Hastings’ police stations and across New
Zealand, five types of offence together categorised more than 90% of family violence
investigations.
From 2007 to 2011:

Assault was the main type of offence (52% of Hastings’ family violence investigations
and 55% nationally)

Disorderly conduct accounted for 14% in Hastings District and 9% across the country

Breaches of violence and non-violence restraining orders were behind 13% (10%
across the country)

Property damage was behind 10% of investigations both locally and nationwide, and

Harassment and threatening behaviour categorised 6% of family violence
investigations in Hastings (10% nationally).
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Percent of family
violence investigations
Family violence investigations by main offence, 2007-2011:
All New Zealand and Hastings police stations
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All New Zealand
Hastings police stations
50
40
30
20
10
0
Assault
Disorderly conduct
Breach of violence and
non-violence restraining order
Property damage
Harassment and
threatening behaviour
Type of offence
Source: New Zealand Police
Protection orders
From 2004/05 to 2010/11, the number of final protection orders linked to an application for a
protection order and granted in Hastings District Court averaged 63 annually. Yearly totals
ranged between 49 and 91.
Referrals to domestic violence programmes
Over the same seven fiscal years, 104 commitments were made annually, on average, by the
Hastings District Court to pay for referrals to domestic violence programmes. Yearly numbers
ranged between 68 and 166. Over the seven fiscal years, one referral was for both parties, 32
were for women and 698 were for men.
9.3
Child, Youth and Family
In the year ended 30 June 2012, CYF’s Hastings site received 2,165 care and protection
notifications and 1,490 police family violence referrals. Of that 3,655 total, 1,263 (35%) were
assessed as requiring further action. Throughout that fiscal year, 292 care and protection
family group conferences were held in Hastings (152 new conferences, 98 reviews and 42
reconvened). As at 30 June 2012, there were 48 care and protection out-of-home placements
in Hastings.
In the year ended 30 June 2012, CYF’s Hastings site received two Youth Justice Referrals,
and held one Family Group Conference Youth Justice.
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