Havelock North

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Havelock North is in Hastings in the Hawkes Bay region of the North Island, New Zealand. The town, recognised locally as "the village", lies on the Heretaunga Plains, and has repute for its orchards, vineyards, and educational facilities.

Havelock North is one of New Zealand's most important wine regions. The town's industry is based around its fruit and wine production, and includes a horticultural research centre.

Havelock North has many popular landmarks such as the prominent landmark Te Mata Peak, a 399-metre outcrop, which according to local Maori legend is the body of a giant, Te Mata o Rongokako. One of the town's most impressive buildings is Whare Ra, a house built for a temple of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the early twentieth century.

Havelock North is on the foothills of Te Mata Peak and small gullies have been formed by the creeks and streams flowing from Te Mata Peak, resulting in a small amount of inaccessible or steep land which is now forests, parks or reserves.

Havelock North History

Havelock North got its name from Sir Henry Havelock, a hero of the Indian Mutiny campaign, this stayed with the local tradition of naming towns after prominent men from Imperial India. Its founders originally imagined a larger town for the site, but when the Wellington-Napier rail line went through the area in 1874 it took a direct route some distance from Havelock North. The Village has grown enormously since the first sections were auctioned in 1860 and is now a highly popular residential area.

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