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Mark Henry Herbert (June 27, 1947 – September 14, 2024) If former long-time Napier City councillor Mark Herbert had been 40 or 50 years before his time, a...

A multi-week journey of kotahitanga (unity or solidarity) and rangatiratanga (self-determination) came to a heartfelt conclusion on Wednesday as the crew of...

The finish line is in sight - quite literally. Barriers are up and the final stretch cordoned off for the 2024 World Triathlon Cup Napier to be staged this...

Napier City Council wasted little time removing offensive graffiti from Sea Walls’ project artwork that’s been a feature of the city for eight years . A...

After more than a decade in New Plymouth, the country’s premier triathlon event is gearing up for its Napier debut. The 2024 World Triathlon Cup Napier will...

The competitor who died during the swim leg of the Iron Māori multisport event in Napier on Saturday was Aucklander Rachel Louise James, police...

A competitor in the Iron Māori multisport event in Napier on Saturday morning has died during the swim leg. Emergency services and members of the...

Napier man who lost dad in Doris Disaster pushes for Perfume Point memorial 4 Mar, 2021 04:01 AM 4 minutes to read Ray Cooper wants to see the promised memorial of the Doris Disaster, in which his father and nine other men died, at Perfume Point happen in his lifetime. Photo / Warren Buckland A 91-year-old man who lost his father in a 1932 maritime disaster in Napier fears he may never see a memorial built at the site of the tragedy. Ray Coopers father Eddie Cooper, aged 28, was one of 10 men w...

Ray Cooper near the site of the 1932 Doris Disaster. Ray was aged three, the second oldest of four sons, when the accident occurred. He has no memory of his dad. He and his brothers shifted around with their mum Florence for a while before being placed in an orphanage. He began working at 14, eventually becoming a bricklayer and plasterer. He married Ngaire and they raised four kids. “Mum never talked about dad, ever, until the day she died. The kids at school would talk about what they’...

Massive chairs for photos to be installed in Ahuriri ahead of Napiers Art Deco Festival 12 Feb, 2021 12:20 AM 3 minutes to read Ahuriri Business Association coordinator Maree Langford with a set of 2m-high chairs which will be installed in Napier ahead of this years Art Deco Festival. Photo / Paul Taylor A set of 2m-high wooden chairs are due to be permanently installed in Napier. The five chairs will be on show at Perfume Point – between the lighthouse and East Pier – from February 17 onwa...