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Napier, Wines, Vines and Art Deco

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March 7th 2017
Napier 26th February Arriving on Sunday afternoon through the industrial area doesn't prepare what you will find in this town. Rebuilt after the deadly 1931 earthquake in the style of the time, the city retains a unique concentration of Art-Deco buildings. The earthquake killed 161 with a further 101 fatalities in neighbouring Hastings and reduced much of the town to rubble. The land in places r ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Napier

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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