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Topics:  napier city council, public transport Story Tools Tweet Buses built overseas were not up to standard when they arrived. A disappointed Napier City Council chief executive Neil Taylor has told the council he felt he had not controlled deadlines for the building of the city’s two Art Deco buses nor ensured the quality required [...]

Discover a new side of New Zealand with QNews travel writer, Wally Cowin as he embarks on a fourteen day PO cruise from Brisbane circumnavigating the land of the long white cloud, making new friends in every port. The sun went down on another day, as the Pacific Dawn pulled away from the Fiordland National [...]

Discover the historic charm of the Savoy Homann hotel While many people visit Bandung to shop up a storm at its factory outlets, few realize the city is an architectural treasure trove. In fact, Bandung is recognized as one of three cities in the world — the others being Napier in New Zealand and Miami [...]

Topics:  mayoral election Story Tools Tweet John Cocking has thrown his hat into the ring in the mayoral election. Two more Napier City councillors have announced plans to contest the city’s mayoralty, creating a dilemma for local-government amalgamation opponents now lining up for the position being vacated by Barbara Arnott. Two-term councillor and retired sharebroker [...]

EIT’s ideaschool has taken a piece of Marine Parade to its heart due to some lateral thinking by Napier City Council staff. After a very warm summer, the grassed area which serves as an informal quad in the middle of EIT’s visual arts and design complex was looking particularly dry and dusty. So Head of [...]

Print 04/21/2013 05:00 AM By: Valarie D’Elia A unique festival in Napier, New Zealand celebrates the town’s renowned Art Deco architecture while also paying homage to how it came to be. YNN’s Valarie D’Elia has the story. ‘); if(infobox==’True’ ShowInfoBox_l658162_1==false){ jQuery(“#player_infobarl658162_1″).trigger(‘click’); ShowInfoBox_l658162_1==true; } }; if (false) { $.setup_player(Play_Conf); } //info bar setup jQuery(‘#player_infobarl658162_1′).click(function() { var $info [...]