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Napier businesses and locals are becoming increasingly worried about being safe in the city.
Police around the palm trees of Clive Square, just around the corner from the city s homeless outreach centre.
Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin
Central Napier may be picturesque - lined with art deco buildings and palm trees. But people in the city say the levels of insecurity are reaching an alarming level.
Homeless man Jeff often hangs around Clive Square, a central recreational spot in the city.
He explained why he spent time there. Well, the outreach centre s been open over there for the last 10 years and we ve been patronising that place, and it s in this vicinity so we sort of stuck around in this vicinity cause we don t want to travel too far. Too cold up the f ing beach and all the rest of it .
From the MTG: Ten men perish during rescue effort
7 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Waitangi Railway Bridge after the 1897 flood. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Gail Pope
Overshadowed by the Scenic Hotel Te Pania on Napier s Marine Parade, is a statuesque yet forlorn monument erected to commemorate the April 16, 1897 flood.
Etched deeply into two of the marble plaques are the words: Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
On the opposite side are the words: This monument was erected by the people of Napier to commemorate a deed of heroism by which 10 men lost their lives on Good Friday 16 April 1897 in attempting to rescue the flooded out settlers of Clive .
100 years of school dentists: Primitive gear gone, but still on a mission
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Youngest graduate Sam Melsop who graduated in 2017, and oldest Enthie Ainge who graduated in 1944, cutting the cake at the Hawke s Bay celebration. Photo / Ian Cooper
Youngest graduate Sam Melsop who graduated in 2017, and oldest Enthie Ainge who graduated in 1944, cutting the cake at the Hawke s Bay celebration. Photo / Ian Cooper
In 100 years of dental services in New Zealand schools, the primitive equipment has disappeared but the desire to help improve kids teeth hasn t changed. The New Zealand School Dental Service nurses were pioneers who
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