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Art Deco Napier
(Nov 06 '06)
So we hired a car in Wellington and headed up North towards Napier.
It was very misty so we couldn't say what the scenery was like en
route.
Napier is an interesting city. In 1931 an ...
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Well for the first time in a couple of days I get some peace and quiet. Matthew is fast asleep in the pram in the motorhome!!! And Lloyd is sleeping face down in his ...
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Kaweka Hot Springs
(Jan 21 '07)
Kaweka Hot Springs is a great day walk or beginners tramp. The drive into the start of the track, The Gums Carpark, was rather long and arduous. We intended to do an overnighter and stay at Te Puia ...
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An Easterly Sort of Drive
(Mar 01 '08)
"I walked across the top of the brown sugar sand that rejected the footprints my sandals wanted to leave like they were an insult to its isolation."
Arriving the night before we just missed the end of the Art Deco Festival.
We spent the morning exploring the numerous art deco buildings throughout Napier. Our ...
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Napier
(Dec 16 '06)
Ambers dad John lives in Napier so he kindly let us stay with him and Barney, Ambers bro. We first went round Napier town and had a look at some of the Art Deco its famous for, we also booked our ...
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Napier is located on the east coast of the North island. We came here for a few reasons one of them being to break up the journey to Taupo. ...
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Wine!
(Mar 11 '07)
I got into Napier and walked up to Toad Hall, the hostel I had
booked. I booked it because it said it only had two beds in each room.
I thought it said there were no bunk beds but I was wrong. The ...
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Goodbyes
(Jul 13 '06)
"Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again."
It was the best of times and it was the worst of times. It was amazing walks, conversation, and dinner with Mishka all ...
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Napier and around
(Jan 25 '07)
After an interesting scenic ride from Taupo (2 hrs), we arrived in Napier, famous for its art deco architecture. Napier was completely vanished when it was struck by an earthquake in 1931 (7.9 on ...
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Recent Blogs for Napier
The Good Life
(Mar 10 '08)
Hi all
Well we arrived to Auckland pretty jet lagged after a delayed flight from Santiago (airline did chuck in a free meal at the airport so can’t really complain!)
Our hostel in Auckland was ...
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North Island, New Zealand
(Mar 23 '08)
Aa reise fra soeroeya til nordoeya var nesten som aa reise til et nytt land for oss. Vi visste at nordoeya ville by paa mindre fjell, mer folk, stoerre byer og mer uvanlige naturopplevelser enn ...
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Art Deco, mountains and more wine!
(Mar 18 '08)
We came over to the east coast to visit some friends and stayed in Hastings but while there we sampled some lovely wine and honey. Behind Hastings is the small mountain of Te Mata which has lovely ...
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