Napier

We decided to come here as it is famous for it's Art Deco buildings. There was an earthquake in February 1931 that destroyed most of the buildings and so the town was rebuilt. It also caused the land to rise by about 6 metres in a neighbouring area.

The sea front is wonderful and there are lovely gardens to walk through. Napier is situated in Hawke's Bay which is famous wine country so we had to visit a few wineries.

Here are just a selection of buildings.

This is the old Tobacco Company building - could inspire a quilt or two.

There were also lots of vintage cars on display. You could have a tour in any of these or even drive them yourself.

There is also a lot of public art and art galleries to admire.

We decided to visit the National Acquarium of New Zealand. As well as sea life it also had reptiles. Strangest of all it had two kiwis which you could see quite clearly moving about really close to the glass of their enclosure.