Reporting from Napier, New Zealand — At 10:47 a.m. on Feb. 3, 1931, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale shook the town of Napier, onNew Zealand’sNorth Island, killing 161 people.

Tell-tale art deco architectural detail on a building in Napier, New Zealand. Tell-tale art deco wave motif on a building in Napier, New Zealand. A Packard Six car sits outside Napier, New Zealand ...

Napier, New Zealand has the largest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world. Jochen Schlenker/robertharding/Corbis Napier is home to the annual Tremains Art Deco Festival, which will be ...

NAPIER, New Zealand (CNN) ... By the time rebuilding began, the worst of the financial crisis was over and Napier's reconstruction in the Art Deco style became an expression of a newfound optimism.

Air New Zealand (airnewzealand.co.uk ... Art Deco Napier. The Art Deco Trust (0064 6 835 0022; artdeconapier.com), an independent organisation dedicated to the protection of Napier’s Art Deco ...

Once in a while, disaster sets the stage for greatness. That’s definitely the case in Napier, a coastal city on New Zealand’s North Island. In 1931, the city’s downtown core was levelled by ...

The Art Deco Trust offers walking tours. The new land proved fertile – Hawke’s Bay has become the fruit bowl of New Zealand, with roads lined with orchards, farms and wineries that make it an ...

After two years of Covid-related chaos casting a long shadow over events and festivals across New Zealand, Hawke’s Bay’s world-renowned Art Deco Festival Napier is set to return with plenty of ...

The report notes that the Art Deco Festival Napier 2024 injected $8.7 million into the Hawke’s Bay economy, and a staggering $22 million gross benefit to the wider New Zealand economy.

Reporting from Napier, New Zealand — At 10:47 a.m. on Feb. 3, 1931, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale shook the town of Napier, onNew Zealand’sNorth Island, killing 161 people ...