Clifton, Hawke's Bay
Clifton | |
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Settlement | |
Interactive map of Clifton | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′20″S 176°59′56″E / 39.639°S 176.999°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Hawke's Bay |
| Territorial authority | Hastings District |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Hastings District Council |
| • Regional council | Hawke's Bay Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Hastings | Wendy Schollum[1] |
| • Tukituki MP | Catherine Wedd[2] |
| • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel[3] |
| Population (June 2025)[4] | |
• Total | 690 |
Clifton is a locality in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, at the southern end of Hawke Bay. It is thirteen kilometres east of the city centre of Hastings, eighteen kilometres southeast of the city centre of Napier and eight kilometres west of the tip of Cape Kidnappers.
Clifton has a cafe, restaurant and bar, and a car park.[5] Common activities include swimming, boating, kayaking and surfing.[6] Clifton is a starting point for most visitors taking walks or rides to the Cape Kidnappers gannet colony, which is a major tourist attraction.[7] Clifton Road terminates as a car park at the southern end of Clifton and is the departure point for most people visiting the Cape. It is an eight-kilometre walk along the coast from Clifton to the Cape.[8]
It used to have a beachside camping ground, which was divided into the No. 1 camp, nearest to the cape, and the No. 2 camp, where Clifton Road first reaches the beach.[9][10] The No. 1 camp was located between tree-covered hilly terrain and the beach on a narrow strip of flat land. The No. 1 camp was closed in early 2026 when it was decided that it was at risk of landslides from the hills.[11] The No. 2 camp closed in mid-2026 as it was not financially sustainable without the No. 1 camp.[12]
As Clifton is located near the sea in an area that is very prone to coastal erosion, it faces severe problems with the erosion. The Clifton shoreline is constantly being cut away by stormy seas and high ocean tides and there is now very little land between the sea and the high terrain. The long term shoreline retreat at Clifton Beach is on average 0.75 m per year, higher than coastal erosion rates at Te Awanga and Haumoana further north along the Hawke Bay coastline.[13][14]
References
- ↑ "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Tukituki - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ikaroa-Rāwhiti – Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ↑ "NZ Camping Guide – Clifton Beach Reserve Motor Camp". Nzcamping.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ↑ "Life in the slow lane, clifton beach hawkes bay NZ". Bregleestate.blogspot.com. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Clifton Beach". Hastings District Council. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "Cape Kidnappers". www.hawkesbaynz.com. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ↑ Newman, Keith (10 December 2018). "Clifton Beach survives challenges: Iconic camp and marine club". Cape Coast Arts & Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ Sage Planning HB (2017). "Clifton Revetment – Assessment of Environmental Effects" (PDF). Retrieved 18 February 2026 – via Hawke's Bay Regional Council.
- ↑ Sharpe, Marty (18 February 2026). "'This was their home': Tears as 90-year-old campground shut over landslide danger". Stuff. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ Sharpe, Marty (31 May 2026). "'Pretty much homeless now': Coastal campers given marching orders". Stuff. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Seas do fresh harm to Clifton shoreline". Hawkes Bay Today. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Coastal Erosion and Inundation". www.hbemergency.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.