Heretaunga Street () is the main arterial road through Hastings City in New Zealand running from north-west to south-east. Description It starts in Havelock North where it goes under the name Havelock Road, and runs for 2.3 km (1.43 Miles) until it officially goes by the name Heretaunga Street; it then runs for another until it stops at Russell Street where the railway line runs through the city and through the city's fountain. Then the street continues for another as a pedestrian mall, where the road is a large public footpath, tree garden and café seating area. Then, from Railway Road for another as Heretaunga Street. Then at the area known as Stortford Lodge, at a road called Maraekakaho Rd, a ring road then changes the name to Omahu Road, where it continues for another where it reaches State Highway 50 at a place called Omahu, hence the name of the street. In total Heretaunga Street runs for from Omahu near Flaxmere to Havelock North, but the road only runs for under its proper name. The road is mostly two lanes wide (one lane in each direction) and has a parking shoulders on either side. The legal road has an average width of approximately . The location where the road intersects with the railway line has for generations been regarded as the centrepiece of Hastings. It is here where the Hastings Clock Tower was built after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, and the short pedestrian mall is located here. The clock tower is registered as a Category I heritage building with Heritage New Zealand. A night market is held on Thursdays in the mall, organised by the Hastings City Business Association. History Heretaunga Street was regarded as Hastings' main street from as early as the 1880s. It has suffered several disasters since that time, including major fires in February 1893 and May 1907. Along with much of the rest of Hastings, the street was devastated by the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931. Heritage buildings Most of the heritage buildings in Hastings as listed by Heritage New Zealand are within the central business district, and the streets that have most of them are Queen Street West, Heretaunga Street West, and Russell Street. Where Russell Street intercepts Heretaunga Street, there is in addition an historic area designation by Heritage New Zealand. The following table lists the registered heritage buildings that