New police stations for Twin Cities

GONE: Hastings Police station (pictured) and Napier Police station will be demolished and replaced. PHOTO/DUNCAN BROWN

Napier and Hastings will each get a new police station in a proposed building project for the Eastern district.

Eastern District Commander Superintendent Sandra Venables said it was hoped that work would begin early next year on new stations on the current sites. The old stations will be demolished when the new ones are built.

Ms Venables said the new stations would be a major project for Police.
"I'm very pleased to be able to announce this project. The current stations date back to the 1960s and do not suit the needs of a modern police service. Our staff especially will be very pleased to be able to work in modern facilities that will be purpose-built for our needs," Ms Venables said.