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 ...

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 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.

New Zealand Northland Auckland Wellington Canterbury Otago / Queenstown Nelson-Tasman Best NZ beaches; ... After Covid disruptions, Napier's Art Deco Festival is back in town from February 15 – 18.

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 ...

If this New Zealand town hadn’t suffered devastating destruction in an earthquake in 1931 it would likely have never become the self-styled art deco tourist attraction that it is now.

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.