John Hastie

John Hastie (19 March 1938 – 4 October 2021) was a New Zealand shooter and gunsmith. He competed at two Commonwealth Games, and won the Ballinger Belt in 1982.

Biography Born in Hastings on 19 March 1938, Hastie grew up shooting rabbits on a Hawke's Bay sheep station. In 1966, he began long-range target shooting at the Okawa Rifle Club, where he was mentored by Maurie Gordon. Hastie was New Zealand shooting team manager at both the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Between 1976 and 2007, Hastie was a member of many New Zealand teams at the Palma Match team events and world long-range championships, either a shooter, coach or gunsmith. With Tony Halberg, he built the rifles that the New Zealand team used to place third at the 1999 world championship at Bloemfontein.