Napier

Napier in New Zealand is the most consistently Art Deco city in the world, due to being largely rebuilt in the 1930s following a devastating earthquake in 1931. It is in Hawke's Bay, on the sunny east coast of the North Island. Wikivoyage

Population 64,695 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in New Zealand

• 111AnyAll emergencies

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• MTG Hawke's Bay Museum · 630 m
• Napier South African War memorial Memorial · 730 m
• Cenotaph Memorial · 910 m
• Clive Flood Memorial Memorial · 450 m
• The Daily Telegraph building Attraction · 690 m
• Hawke's Bay Earthquake Memorial Complex Memorial · 750 m
• Veronica Sun Bay Memorial · 750 m
• HMNZS Tui Anchor Memorial · 910 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Art Deco Festival

   February

   A five-day festival in February celebrating the Art Deco era of the 1920s and 1930s.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Napier); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Fish and chips 1

All 1 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Bluff Hill Domain 540 m across 490 m
• Sturm's Gully Reserve 420 m across 370 m
• Spriggs Park 850 m across 1.2 km
• Alexander Park 1.8 km across 2.4 km

Getting around

• Napier Local Bus Terminal 1.1 km
• Te Awa 1.5 km

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