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Napier's 'gravel pit': Homes planned for former railyard land in the city

Former Napier railway yards largely left as wasteland for more than 30 years are now set for housing development by the new owners, treaty settlement entity...

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Outrageous Fortune actor Antonia Prebble starring in Napier's Art Deco weekend

Antonia Prebble has taken a starring role in this year’s Art Deco Festival in Napier and hopes to inspire costume ideas and add some more 1920s glamour to...

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Napier's prudish past: Bylaw fined people who wore swimming togs crossing road

OPINION Because of our recent string of high temperatures, I’m going to look back at how Napierites cooled down on Marine Parade beach. The luxury of sea...

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Napier's Pandora Pond bird colony threatened: More education needed after spike in vandalism

A Hawke’s Bay environmental group has let out a heartfelt plea to be considerate of local wildlife this summer after increased reports of intentional and...

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Cyclone Gabrielle-displaced whānau to move into Napier's Westshore cabins in the new year

A site in Westshore, Napier , will become a new home in the new year to a group of whānau displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle . Maungaharuru-Tangitū Charitable...

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Napier's liquidambar trees ready to fall in Dalton St

The days are numbered for one of Napier ’s best-known liquidambar styraciflua, aka, the trees uprooting Dalton St in the central city. The Napier City...

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Napier's cyclone rebuild key to clearing wool backlog in North Island

Summer means sheep shearing season across the country. There is a problem this year, though. Many wool storage facilities are “chocka” across the North...

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Napier's New Zealand Wool Testing Authority launches robot recruit

Twelve months ago, engineer Tony Cosgrove got an idea – to build a robot that could change the wool industry. Yet the maintenance engineer, who works for the...

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Hawke's Bay weather: Napier's weekend rain could threaten 1879 record

Hawke’s Bay’s summer will get off to a rainy start this weekend, and Napier’s rainfall record is there for the taking. Saturday, which officially marks the...

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Talking Point: Redefining Napier's housing landscape

OPINION Napier has a housing problem . There’s simply not enough of it. We’ve got a growing population and an economy that’s attracting more people to move...

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