Parkvale is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Children in the settlement began being educated in hop-drying kiln building in 1919.

Before the 2023 census, the suburb had a smaller boundary, covering 1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi).

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 46.1% had no religion, 38.9% were Christian, 1.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 0.7% were Buddhist and 4.2% had other religions.

[12][13] Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu is a co-educational state Māori immersion composite school,[14] with a roll of 233 as of November 2024.