Education
The town is better-endowed educationally than many of its size.
It has Taruna College for teacher training, based on Rudolph Steiner principles.
Havelock North Intermediate School is a district leader in Media Studies, with pupils from Hastings visiting it for classes.
Other schools also include Te Mata Primary, Havelock North Primary, Lucknow Primary and Havelock North High School as well as the private schools Hereworth, Woodford House and Iona College.
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