Saint Leonards

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Saint Leonards

Total population

2,646

Coordinates-39.64°, 176.84°

Demographic figures from Stats NZ. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

St Leonards is an inner suburb of Hastings, New Zealand, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. It is named for St Leonards-on-Sea, a neighbouring town to Hastings' own English namesake.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Martin Campbell

New Zealand film and television director (born 1943)

Mark Paston

New Zealand footballer

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Jeremy Yates

New Zealand cyclist

Glen Moss

New Zealand footballer

Caroline Evers-Swindell

New Zealand rower

Georgina Evers-Swindell

New Zealand rower

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Barbara Anderson

New Zealand writer (1926–2013)

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Neil Anderson

officer in Royal New Zealand Navy (1927-2010)

Moss Burmester

Olympic Swimmer

D

Dan Hennah

New Zealand production designer

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Daniel Meech

New Zealand equestrian

Eric Murray

New Zealand rower

Jarrod Smith

New Zealand footballer

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Raymond Robert Forster

New Zealand entomologist (1922–2000)

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Dakota Lucas

New Zealand footballer

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Amy Williams

New Zealand rugby player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hawke's Bay

• Hastings
  0.5 mi away · pop. 50,100
• Raureka
  0.8 mi away · pop. 4,953
• Mahora
  1 mi away · pop. 8,106
• Frimley
  1.1 mi away · pop. 2,859
• Ākina
  1.1 mi away · pop. 5,193
• Mayfair
  1.2 mi away · pop. 2,979
• Camberley
  1.3 mi away · pop. 2,196
• Parkvale
  1.5 mi away · pop. 4,128
• Tōmoana
  1.5 mi away
• Wairatahi
  2.1 mi away
• Flaxmere East
  2.5 mi away
• Flaxmere
  2.8 mi away · pop. 11,142

Browse all places in Hawke's Bay →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Saint Leonards

The history of Detroit and Michigan

Silas Farmer · 1884

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Mānuka

Leptospermum scoparium

Seen 2026-06-01

Karaka

Corynocarpus laevigatus

Seen 2026-06-01

Velvet Foot

Flammulina velutipes

Seen 2026-05-31

Kōhūhū

Pittosporum tenuifolium

Seen 2026-05-31

tarata

Pittosporum eugenioides

Seen 2026-05-31

Black Tunnelweb Spider

Porrhothele antipodiana

Seen 2026-05-29

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-05-29

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus

Seen 2026-05-29

bugweed

Solanum mauritianum

Seen 2026-05-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Saint Leonards, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.