The employment status of those at least 15 was that 23, Napier's major tourist attraction is its architecture, which draws Art Deco and architecture enthusiasts from around the world. The rebuilding period after the earthquake coincided with the short-lived and rapidly changing Art Deco era and the Great Depression , when little "mainstreet" development was being undertaken elsewhere. The whole centre of Napier was rebuilt simultaneously. Other tourist attractions in Napier include MTG Hawke's Bay the museum, art gallery and theatre which features information on both the earthquake and Napier's redesign as an Art Deco city, the National Aquarium , the Napier Prison , the Soundshell and the Pania of the Reef statue.
In October the statue was stolen, but it was recovered a week later, largely unharmed. The National Aquarium is one of the foremost aquariums in New Zealand.
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The historic Napier Prison is the oldest prison in New Zealand and visitors can learn about the history of prisons as well as witness the path of the earthquake. It is the only place in Napier where some of the earthquake damage has been left in place. Tourists flock to Napier in February for Art Deco weekend. In , the festival celebrated its 30th year, attracting an estimated 45, people.
The rail line in and out of Hawke's Bay has not had a passenger service since Napier markets itself as the Art Deco Capital. The Hawke's Bay wine region is important to Napier's economy, with over 70 wineries located in the area. The Port of Napier and rail network provides quick export of these goods.
A large attraction is the Art Deco building designs. Marine Parade is one of Napier's most famous highlights — a tree-lined ocean boulevard with fountains, gardens, mini golf, statues and spas. The historic Napier Prison is located off the northern end of Marine Parade. Recent redevelopments of Marine Parade have seen the addition of shaded picnic areas and playgrounds. Napier's theatre scene includes productions put on by the Napier Operatic Society , based at the Tabard Theatre and putting on musicals at the Napier Municipal Theatre, another notable example of Art Deco architecture.
There are high street and boutique stores as well as antique shops, art galleries, and studios of potters, wood turners and craftsman. The marina and waterfront in Ahuriri, Napier, is a sea-tourism attraction. Swimming and family activities are popular in Pandora Pond — a salt water inlet by the inner harbour in Ahuriri — or on the beaches and playgrounds of Marine Parade, Westshore and Ahuriri. The many rivers that flow through the region are used for water activities, such as jet boating, jet skiing, rowing, kayaking, fishing, whitebaiting and swimming. Development of the region's cycleways and walkways have included dedicated cycle lanes being established on urban streets in the Napier-Hastings urban areas, as well as a large variety of off-road pathways, which are often used as mixed use pathways for cyclists and pedestrians, such as the paths that stretch from Bay View to Clifton.
McLean Park is the main sporting venue in Hawke's Bay. The main sports played at the venue are cricket and rugby union. The annual model aircraft show 'Warbirds over Awatoto' takes place on the outskirts of Napier. The gathering attracted 48 pilots and planes. Napier was once home to one of New Zealand's largest smoking tobacco plants. On 9 September British American Tobacco announced it would close the Rothmans factory, due to diminished demand.
Production has moved to Australia. The Art Deco-style factory had been producing up to 2. In March , 19 people lost their jobs there because "fewer people are smoking". Napier suffered a double blow from service amalgamation towards the end of the century. The Napier offices were closed down in favour of locating the offices in Hastings.
The next rationalisation saw the closure of Napier Hospital, with services being amalgamated with Hastings Hospital, creating Hawke's Bay Hospital at the Hastings site. Napier was selected as the site for the Hawkes Bay regional Council ahead of Hastings. Napier has been governed by Napier City Council since Local government reform was mooted in the late s and a referendum was held in proposing an amalgamation of the Hastings District Council with the Napier City Council.
Although supported by approximately two-thirds of Hastings voters, Napier voters rejected the proposal by a similar number and the proposal was defeated. The National Government amended the Local Government Act in to determine a reorganisation proposal by a majority vote over the entire proposed area, rather than a majority over each existing area as was previously the case.
Yet another change was to allow private submissions to the commission to trigger the process, whereas previously only local councils themselves could request a change in structure or boundary. The legislative restrictions on councils using public funds to support or challenge a final proposal did not apply to private lobby groups or individuals however. A postal ballot was established to maximise voter returns, and the vote closed on 15 September The city is home to the professional basketball team Hawke's Bay Hawks , which plays in the National Basketball League.
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It plays its home games in the Pettigrew Green Arena. Hawke's Bay Airport is the main airport in the Hawke's Bay region and has domestic flight services. The airport is located in the Napier suburb of Westshore. Jetstar , a Qantas subsidiary, used to serve Auckland, from to It is situated on land that was formerly the Ahuriri Lagoon, an area that was raised above sea level by the massive Napier earthquake. The Hawke's Bay region has extensive cycleways and footpaths that originally began as the 'Rotary Pathways' between Napier and Hastings, and is now known as the 'Hawke's Bay Trails'.
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The network of pathways link the urban areas of Napier and Hastings, as well as many of the other outlying suburbs of the two cities. Some of the cycleways include dedicated cycling lanes on roads within the city, as well as separate dedicated pathways on roadsides and through parks and other areas, many of which are mixed use pathways for cyclists and pedestrians, such as the paths that stretch from Bay View to Clifton. This rotary also has several links to the Hastings Rotary Pathway.
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State Highway 2 is the principal state highway serving Napier, connecting it to Wairoa and Gisborne to the north, and, via Dannevirke , to Wellington , Masterton and Palmerston North to the south. Although the Hawke's Bay Expressway bypasses Napier itself, it has connections to many of Napier's arterial roads that lead to the city centre and the Port such as the junctions at Kennedy Road, Taradale Road, Prebensen Drive and Meeanee Quay and also intersects with the access road to Hawke's Bay Airport.
It is also the main route used for traffic travelling from Napier-Hastings to Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga, as it is quicker than the route through Gisborne taken by SH 2.
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State Highway 50 connects Napier to the southwestern Hawke's Bay, going through many small settlements. It also connects Napier to many of Hawke's Bay's wineries, of which the region is well known for. It makes up part of the Hawke's Bay Wine Trail. State Highway 51 is an alternative connection between Napier and Hastings, and largely follows the original route of SH 2 between the two cities prior to the completion of the Hawke's Bay Expressway, and SH 2 being shifted to run along it.
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The route then moves onto Georges Drive, where it borders the southern and western edges of the Napier city centre. The southern portion of the line between Napier and Palmerston North was built between and , and the northern portion between Napier and Gisborne from to The line from Gisborne enters Napier via the coast, making its way through the city, before eventually turning inland towards Hastings, and onwards to Woodville where the Wairarapa Line branches off and Palmerston North.
It opened on 12 October , when the station and the first section of the line between Napier and Hastings was opened. The line north of Napier to Gisborne was opened on 3 August , with passenger services from 7 September. Napier was the terminus for both Gisborne and Wellington goods trains, though some passenger trains ran straight through. The original Napier station building was on the corner of Station Street and Millar Street, close to the centre of Napier.
The facilities on the site increased to include the passenger station plus a goods yard, locomotive depot, workshop and a way and works branch. The line was on a curve and difficult to work, and the site was limited by level crossings at each end and with no room for expansion. Hence in a two-year programme to most functions followed the Way and Works to Pandora Point, at the start of the Ahuriri Branch , leaving only a new InterCity coach and train terminal on the city site, fronting Munroe Street.
The old station was closed on 6 October , and was replaced by a new station on 9 June A marshalling yard, freight terminal, locomotive depot and other facilities were established at Pandora Point, with a triangle provided to turn trains and giving direct access north and south from the port branch.
The Ahuriri yard was closed.
The old main line north to Gisborne was realigned to the east to allow a new link road to the Tamatea area of Napier, and railways land was redeveloped as an industrial subdivision. On 7 October the Bay Express from Wellington to Napier was cancelled and passenger services on the line ceased. The Napier Municipal Electricity Department MED established the city's first public supply in September , using gas and later diesel engines for generation.
Taradale and rural areas around the city were supplied by the Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board, formed in The electricity sector reforms saw the retail base sold to Contact Energy , with the remaining lines business renamed Hawke's Bay Networks and later Unison Networks. There is now a competitive electricity retail market, with Contact Energy and Genesis Energy being the dominant retailers in the city.
Natural gas arrived in Napier and Hastings in , with the completion of the high-pressure pipeline from Palmerston North to Hastings. Napier City Council recognises three sister city relationships: [39]. Media related to Napier at Wikimedia Commons. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.