Longlands | |
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Rural community | |
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| Coordinates: 39°39′36″S 176°50′02″E / 39.660°S 176.834°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Hawke's Bay Region |
| Territorial authority | Hastings District |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Hastings District Council |
| • Regional council | Hawke's Bay Regional Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.85 km2 (15.00 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,480 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 4172, 4174, 4175, 4178 |
Longlands is a rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. The area is on the southern and western outskirts of Hastings city.
The Longlands Estate occupied much of the land around 1880,[3] but was broken up into smaller farms and a freezing works in the early 20th century.[4][5][6]
The area is a centre for growing fruit and vegetables.[7]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Untitled". Hawke's Bay Herald. 6 September 1880. p. 2.
- ^ "The Meat Industry - A New Freezing Works". Marlborough Express. 2 January 1904. p. 1.
- ^ Fowler, Michael (22 October 2020). "Historic Hawke's Bay: The butcher who owned a freezing works". Hawke's Bay Today.
- ^ "Volume 6. Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington Provincial Districts". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. 1908. pp. 474–5.
- ^ Andrews, Gary; Andrews, Heidi (1996). "Hawke's Bay". Seasonal Work in New Zealand. Andrews. p. 145. ISBN 9780473032210.