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Napier MTG taonga and artefacts to go to new $11.5m home in Hastings 15 Feb, 2021 08:43 PM 4 minutes to read An artist's impression of the newly purchased building from Queen St E in Hastings. Photo / Supplied More than 90,000 regional taonga and artefacts previously kept in Napier are to be relocated to a newly purchased building in Hastings – at a cost of $11.5 million. Once developed, the Queen St East site in Hastings' CBD will provide a fit-for-purpose facility, providing community access, storage and preservation of the treasured collection. The 90,000-item collection previously house...

The Queen St East site was chosen because it is safely out of the tsunami zone.