The Hastings Cenotaph was opened in 1923 to mark Hastings' commemoration of the 162 men from the district who lost their lives in World War I. The structure, funded by local subscription and modelled on the Cenotaph at Whitehall, London, has been used for local memorial services and war commemoration ever since. This memorial is historically significant as the major venue for war commemoration in Hastings since its construction in 1923. War memorials are significant symbolic and commemorative places for New Zealanders, whose national identity has, to some extent, been shaped by overseas wars. As well as the very high commemorative value of the memorial, it has aesthetic value for its simple, solid form, well proportioned in the Classical tradition, and for the beauty of the Coromandel granite from which it is built. It is a dignified structure, eminently suited to its purpose, and it is complemented by the park setting that forms its backdrop. It is in authentic form, and in very good condition.
Location
List Entry Information
Overview
Detailed List Entry
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 2
Access
Able to Visit
List Number
1083
Date Entered
4th April 2005
Date of Effect
4th April 2005
City/District Council
Hastings District
Region
Hawke's Bay Region
Extent of List Entry
Registration includes part of the land in Certificate of Title HB85/49, Hawkes Bay Registry, (as shown in Map A on the Registration Report) and the whole of the Memorial, including forecourt and flagpole thereon.
Legal description
Lot 211 Deeds Plan 67 (RT HB85/49), Hawkes Bay Land District
Location Description
Located adjacent to the Palmerston North - Gisborne Railway Line and Lyndon Road East. (Please note that the Russell Street Extension is not legal road and is located adjacent to Russell Street South.)