[7] Hastings District, as one of the largest apple, pear and stone fruit producing areas in New Zealand has an important relationship with the Napier Port.

It has also become an important grape growing and wine production area with the fruit passing from the growers around Metropolitan Hastings and then to Napier for exporting.

[8] A public poll was held in January 1885 on the decision to move the port from the Ahuriri spit to its current location, beneath Bluff Hill.

[9] A new wharf has been constructed, operational in June 2022 and officially opened in July 2022,[10] to handle projected volume growth and larger vessels.

[11] Expansion of the port (including the handling of larger vessels) has led to increased noise, which has met with opposition and protest from residents in the Bluff Hill area.