Art Deco shop window in Napier

Napier and Hawkes Bay

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September 24th 2006
We returned to the North Island from Queenstown, flying back to Wellington where we stayed for a couple of days before renting another car and driving up to Napier in the Hawkes Bay area. In 1931 an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Napier, causing the deaths of 258 people in the area and almost completely destroying the city. A result of the earthquake was that 40 square kilomet ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more