Central Napier
Central Napier is the central area and business district of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.

Central Napier is the central area and business district of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. The main shopping street/downtown area of Napier is Emerson Street. Central Napier enjoys Art Deco style architecture on surrounding buildings in Emerson Street. Most houses were built between 1900 and 2010.
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Worth seeing in and around Central Napier
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01McLean Park
McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand. The two main sports played at the ground are cricket and rugby union.
1.1 km · sports ground in Napier, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Statue of Pania
The Statue of Pania is located on Marine Parade in Napier, New Zealand, and honours the life of Pania, a figure of Māori mythology. The statue was commissioned by members of the Thirty Thousand Club after the Anglican Bishop of Aotearoa, Frederick Bennett, related the legend of Pania to them.
700 m · statue in Napier, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03National Aquarium of New Zealand
The National Aquarium of New Zealand, formerly Napier Aquarium, is a public aquarium on Marine Parade in Napier, New Zealand. It was started in 1957 and moved to its present location in December 1976.
1.1 km · aquarium in Napier, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Anglican Diocese of Waiapu
The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupō, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier.
400 m · diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia · Wikipedia - 05MTG Hawke's Bay
Kahukura Hawke's Bay Museum is a museum, theatre and art gallery in Napier, New Zealand. It occupies three buildings that were redeveloped in 2013.
600 m · museum, theatre and art gallery in Napier, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Napier
St John's Cathedral, Napier, officially the Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, is an Anglican cathedral church located in Browning Street, Napier, New Zealand. Commonly called either Waiapu Cathedral or Napier Cathedral, the cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Waiapu of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
400 m · church in New Zealand, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07Nelson Park
Nelson Park is a cricket ground in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. It is situated in Napier South, about 600 metres south-west of the Napier CBD, and about 200 metres north-west of Napier's main sports stadium, McLean Park.
800 m · cricket ground in Napier · Wikipedia - 08Clive Square
Clive Square is a central city park and recreation space in the city of Napier, New Zealand.
0 m · square in Napier, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Central Napier
- Airports
- Wellington (WLG), 271 km
- Stations
- Port of Napier, 2 km · Napier railway station, 600 m
- Wellington → Central Napier270 km · quickest by road, 5h 13m · NZ$45–60
- Auckland → Central Napier349 km · quickest by road, 6h 44m · NZ$60–75
- Christchurch → Central Napier573 km · quickest by road, 15h 38m · NZ$105–140
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No local-transport research exists yet for Central Napier
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Central Napier. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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