Residents in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere have won their fight to stop a probation centre being built near the main shopping centre.
Following a protest by 300 residents last month, the Corrections Department has agreed to put the centre in Wilkes Place, which is in a semi-industrial area outside the town.
A Hastings district councillor who opposed building the centre in the town, Henare O'Keefe says he is happy the department has listened to the community.
