Napier, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Oooh an adventure
Jul 20, 2006 (7 photos)

Hello everyone well i arrived in fiji today and finally get some sunshine but it's still warmer where you guys are, back home which just isn't fair! i'm gonna speed through what i did NZ cos i'm really behind on this pod and i wanna get it uptodate ...

Napier
Feb 14, 2007 (5 photos)

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Napier
Apr 24, 2007 (7 photos)

... Telegraph building. You can do guided walks or tours in a 1930's car and each February they have a 30s festival. We left Napier and travelled up the rugged east coast via the Pacific Coast highway (lots more windy roads) stopping in the one house town ...

Napier
May 2, 2007 (4 photos)

Again, in an attempt to find the sun, we arrived in Napier to spend a couple of days soaking up some warmth. On arrival at our campsite we were told the weather forecast...more rain!!  Noooo!!! The next day we went on a walking tour around the City ...

Flying down the East Coast....
Feb 13, 2007

I'm working on it!

North island so far..........
Jun 7, 2007 (4 photos)

... Black team! apart from that Wellington didnt really have too much to offer, expect for the Ta Papa museam, which is the museam of New Zealand. Managed to sneak myself on a training course and got a tour round the museam for free! HaHa! In the evening Caz, ...

Wellington and route to Napier
Feb 23, 2009 (4 photos)

... walked the fascinating Cuba street, music , street artists and street food all leading up to the evening parade . I think all of new Zealand turned up to watch.Tonight we ate Singapore food, we did not appreciate how many Asian restaurants there are in ...

Napier
Sep 16, 2007

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Continuing my journey in the North Island
Mar 30, 2006 (2 photos)

... is 'off the beaten track', amazing scenery on the way there and you really feel like you are getting away from civilisation. I stayed in Napier Prison Backpackers which, as the name suggests, used to be a prison!! It's one of those 'stay somewhere a bit ...

Chestnut packers
May 5, 2009 (13 photos)

Chestnut picking is odd and we do it in a little shed inside a apple factory. Sadly I never wrote much about this, just made notes so here they are: * A very odd lady is organizing it called Catherine, she is American and kinda crazy.  * I'm ...

Day 11- Museum and drive to Napier
Apr 15, 2009 (2 photos)

... exhibits.  We were able to visit 3 or 4 levels and 2-3 exhibits on each.  One exhibit included a large display of New Zealand sea life... right up Jessica's alley.  She took it as a challenge to name most of them without looking at the ...

Art Deco capital of New Zealand
Apr 6, 2006

... i headed to Napier and stopped loads of times along the way for scenic views and bush walks and water falls. its so cool! Napier wasn't actually that nice, i couldn't see much art deco so i thought i'd drive down the road to the town with the longest name ...

Nip to Napier
Jan 30, 2008 (4 photos)

... point. It was a great photo spot and I kindly took a picture for a German couple who were eating raw carrots. Once at Napier it was a bit of a case of running out of time again - we'd got our dates mixed up so already had to miss out visting Lake ...

Napier
Jan 31, 2007 (4 photos)

... ; rented a car with an Irish guy (Simon) to do a short tour of the North Island.  The first stop on the trip was Napier, which is famous for being an art deco town.  The town was flattened by an earth quake in the 1920's, and was largely rebuilt ...

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Jan 30, 2007

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New Zealand Wine Trail
Nov 29, 2005

... our accomodation with a delicious picnic and, of course, a bottle of nice local wine! The final stop on the wine trail was Napier. Unfortunately the weather was really s****y here, but, again, we made the best of it and enjoyed a guided tour round the ...

Art Deco and an old-fashioned approach to dolphins
Jan 29, 2006

... all in one go! Then the Art Deco buildings tour. Plenty to see here and if it's your thing & you are in New Zealand then Napier's worth a visit for this. The guide (originally from Bath but resident here for 30 years) took us around and showed us ...

I got stood up
May 7, 2009 (28 photos)

... I was going to go it alone. Crazy Catherine though failed to show up. So I went out and explored the Art Deco Architecture/shops of Napier. It was nice and peaceful. There is a armed siege going on in a different bit of Napier, this is very rare in NZ and ...

I've made a decision
May 9, 2009 (2 photos)

There has been no more chestnut packing, nor will there be as I HAVE MADE A DECISION. I'm going back!  I'm off to Mt. Manganui, which is so close to Tauranga as to be almost in it, so despite having already lived there I'm going back to hopefully ...

Art Deco Capital
Sep 26, 2008 (12 photos)

... about ships, and then dropped me at the hotel. He and Georgina then went off to town, and there I was alone ashore in New Zealand. The hotel is a very new motel with good rooms, about a mile outside the town centre. I walked in and hit the internet ...

Walking and wine!
Oct 9, 2007 (7 photos)

 Another short update before I move on to my adventures in Taupo! Napier is a lovely little town (although it's bigger than I expected it to be!) on the seaside with some fantastic weather - finally, my body is allowed to be warm again!  The ...

Art Deco @ Napier
Apr 4, 2006 (25 photos)

... , para cuando puse mis pies oficialmente sobr Napier ya ternía una sonrisa inmensa en el rostro, satisfecho por la manejada matutina, Napier, es una ciudad bella, es pequeña, llena de edificios Art Decó, un poco de Art Nouveau y extrañamente influencia de ...

Art deco city
Oct 5, 2009 (2 photos)

Arriving in Napier to the hostel was lovely. We had a nice warm bed to sleep in! The area is very Art Deco and this includes the hostel. We checked in, had a shower, did some laundry then had our dinner. We had an early night as we didnt sleep the night ...

Oh Dennards, Oh Dennards, Oh Dennards!
May 28, 2007

... Keith seemed to have taken very well to married life and thus found his place in the kitchen: We took a short trip into Napier - nothing much to write home about (so I won´t) - but the main reason we were here was the plethora of vineyards in ...

Lake Taupo to Napier
Feb 18, 2007 (14 photos)

Saturday, February 17 Lake Taupo to Napier It is hard to leave Lake Taupo on such a beautiful day. All 3 volcanoes of Tongariro National Park are visible in the distance. However, the coastal town of Napier beckons us. Napier, which lies on the edge of ...

Napier
Aug 17, 2007

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A rather hairy trip to Napier
Oct 23, 2005 (2 photos)

... and the sheepskin shop. So there is now an impulsively brought sheepskin winging its way to blighty! We finished off the day at Tony's pizzeria ANTONIOS IN NAPIER (for any travellers reading this blog) beautiful pizza and delicious homemade icecream, yum!

Hurtigt stop i Napier
Jan 6, 2008 (2 photos)

... et hurtigt stop i Napier paa vejen. Turen til Wellington fra Gisborne er temmelig lang, saa det var rart nok lige at overnatte i Napier inden. Vi havde lidt tid som skulle bruges, Napier er en lille hyggelig by, men stort set alt var lukket. Vi tog ...

FRAZZLED FRIDAY
Dec 21, 2003 (5 photos)

... to Napier consisted of some of the steepest hills I'd ever seen - one of them appropriately named 'The Devil's Elbow'.   Napier supposedly rivals Miami for its Art Deco architecture.  As I write, I am indeed sitting in the communal area of a ...

Napier
Aug 7, 2008 (9 photos)

... not real sandy but instead covered in very smooth dark rocks.  I actually really liked this town but there really wasn't much to do here in the winter so we headed on.  We actually drove from Napier to Wellingtown which was quite a long drive.