Hastings District Libraries

Images of our district's history can be found in a variety of resources.

Books

• We hold many publications on local history.  These can be found in the following sections:
  • Adult Non Fiction
  • Adult Reference
  • Local History Cabinet (ask at the Reference desk, Hastings Library)
  • Stack (ask at the Issues desk, Hastings Library)  

Catalogue

• Hastings District Library Catalogue - select Local History Images only.  There are over 800 photos from our archives available here.

Websites

• Hastings District Council's History Imagic Gallery see: www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/imagegalleries/historic/index.php
  Click on the photos to load captions, then click on the photos again to load full sized images. You are invited to add information to the photos.
   
• Matapihi is a window onto the online digital collections of many New Zealand organisations and lets you search these collections from one website.
  http://www.matapihi.org.nz    

Photo: Devastation in Heretaunga Street Hastings after the 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake.