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Order flowersSending flowers to Hastings
Hastings, also known as Heretaunga, is a Hawke's Bay town of about 49,800 people (June 2025 urban-area estimate). The district grows stone fruit, pipfruit, kiwifruit and vegetables and is one of New Zealand's major red wine areas, so some of the people you send flowers to may live on rural roads rather than in town. Here is our practical guide for sending flowers here.
Order by 2 pm on weekdays (11 am Saturdays) for same-day delivery in many areas
- Local florists make up and deliver the flowers
- Hospital rules for Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- Funerals: what to send and write
Popular bouquets to send to Hastings
Made up by a florist near the recipient.
Order by 2 pm on weekdays (11 am Saturdays) for same-day delivery in many areas
Send flowers for the right occasion in Hastings
Pick the moment and a local florist takes over.
Birthday
Add some colour to the big day
Anniversary
Roses that say you remembered
Hospital
Check the ward rules first
Mother’s Day
Second Sunday in May
Graduation
Ceremony dates by university
Sympathy & funerals
Where to send, and what to write
Love & romance
Valentine’s in a Kiwi summer
Get well soon
Sunny stems for a recovery
Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
The main public hospital in Hastings is Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. Health New Zealand's page for the intensive care unit is direct: do not bring flowers. We have not found a published rule for other wards, so check with the ward before sending.
If the patient is in ICU, think about a card now and flowers to the family home, or a bouquet once the person has moved to a general ward and the ward has said yes. Hastings also has a private hospital, Royston Hospital; we have no published flower rule for it, so ask the hospital first.
Heat, sun and dry air
Hastings is warm and dry, with more than 2,200 sunshine hours and less than 800 mm of rain a year, and summer days often reach the low 30s °C. That is lovely for gardens but tough on a bouquet waiting outside.
- Include a phone number for the recipient so the florist can hand the flowers over in person.
- For a summer delivery, choose hardy flowers and ask the recipient to put them in cool water straight away.
- For rural addresses, use the RD number exactly as the recipient writes it, and allow more time.
Our flower care guide explains how to keep cut flowers going in hot weather.
Parks with roses
Frimley Park, opened in October 1953 and covering 19.78 hectares, has a rose garden – a good reminder that roses are a classic Hastings choice. Cornwall Park in Mahora opened in November 1905 and covers 8.34 hectares. If your recipient walks in either park, a bunch of garden-style roses will feel close to home.
Funerals and the Orchard Road crematorium
The Hawke's Bay crematorium at Hastings Cemetery, 202 Orchard Road, is the main crematorium in the region and serves Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke's Bay. Another crematorium is listed at the corner of Orchard and Maraekakaho Roads.
When sending sympathy flowers, address them to the funeral director or service venue, include the full name of the person who has died and the date and time of the service, and keep the message short. Our guide to funeral flowers in NZ has wording ideas. Florists here also serve Waipawa and other towns in Central Hawke's Bay.
Places flowers often go in Hastings
Hospitals
- Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
- Royston Hospital
Cemeteries
- Hastings Cemetery
- Hastings Crematorium (Hastings Cemetery, 202 Orchard Road)
- Beth Shan Funerals crematorium (Cnr Orchard and Maraekakaho Roads)
Put the recipient’s ward, room or the funeral director’s name on the order so the florist can find them.
Upcoming occasions
Busy days book out early, so order ahead for Hastings.
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Order flowersQuestions about sending flowers to Hastings
Can I send flowers to the ICU at Hawke's Bay Hospital?
No. Health New Zealand's ICU page says do not bring flowers. For other wards, no rule is published, so check with the ward before sending.
Where is the crematorium in Hastings?
The Hawke's Bay crematorium is at Hastings Cemetery, 202 Orchard Road. It is the main crematorium in the region, serving Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke's Bay.
Do flowers wilt quickly in a Hastings summer?
Summer days often reach the low 30s °C, so give a phone number for a personal handover and put the flowers in cool water as soon as they arrive.